India 1939(b) anna

Stack's Bowers September 2025 Collectors Choice Online Auction, lot 76139

This specimen was lot 76139 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Anna, 1939-(B). Bombay Mint. George VI. NGC MS-64." This type was struck in large numbers 1938-40 at Calcutta and Bombay. The denomination was introduced in 1906 and struck until the end of the Raj in 1947.

Recorded mintage: 36,157,000.

Specification: 3.7 g, copper-nickel, 20 mm diameter, scalloped edge.

Catalog reference: KM-536; S&W-9.150; Prid-972.

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, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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