India 1938(b) rupee

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2928

This specimen was lot 2928 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $178.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1936-1947, AR rupee, 1938 (b), without dot variety, Unc." This type was struck 1938-39 at Bombay, with and without dot, which the SCWC values the same.

Recorded mintage: 7,352,000 (all varieties).

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-555, S&W-9.9.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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