India 1934(c) anna

from the Stack's Bowers June 2021 Collector's Choice sale, lot 71697

This specimen was lot 71697 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $70. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Anna, 1934-(C). Calcutta Mint. NGC MS-63. Scallop shaped. Light gray and fully radiant, this choice piece would appear to be a bit conservatively graded. As such, a premium-quality piece for the grade assigned." This one anna was struck at the Calcutta mint as part of a type struck 1912-36. The denomination was introduced in 1906 and struck until the end of the Raj in 1947. Bombay also struck this type but not in 1929-34.

Recorded mintage: 34,216,000.

Specification: 3.8 g, copper-nickel, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-513; S&W-8.324; Prid-934.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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 June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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