India 1929 1/2 pice
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This specimen was lot 2640 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AE 1/2 pice, 1929(c), a wonderful quality example for type! NGC graded MS65 RB." Half a pice was one-eighth of an anna or 1/128th of a rupee. It was struck in moderate numbers throughout the Raj until 1942. This type was struck only at Calcutta.
Recorded mintage: 7,654,000 plus proofs and restrikes.
Specification: 2.4 g, bronze, 21.05 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-510.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stevens, Paul, and Randy Weir, The Uniform Coinage of India, 1835 to 1947, A Catalogue and Pricelist, London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2012.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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