India 1932 1/2 pice
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This specimen was lot 2757 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $53.55. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AE ½ pice, 1932(c), 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. Restrikes exist in nickel but are very rare.
Recorded mintage: 5,440,000 plus proofs.
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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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