India 1934(c) 1/4 rupee

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42251

This specimen was lot 42251 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. 1/4 Rupee, 1934-(C). Calcutta Mint. George V. PCGS MS-65." The quarter rupee was struck for George V 1912-30, 1934-36 at Calcutta and Bombay. It is about the size of a dime but had 12¢ worth of silver. The 1934 was struck only at Calcutta. The absence of a dot below the lotus flower marks this as a product of the Calcutta mint.

Recorded mintage: 3,946,000.

Specification: 2.92 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-518; S&W-8.172; Prid-452.

Source:

• 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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• Coins and currency dated 1934