India 1940(b) 1/4 anna KM-530

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2793

This specimen was lot 2793 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $53.55. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1936-1947, AE ¼ anna, 1940(b), first head, high relief variety, NGC graded MS64 RD, Sanjay C. Gandhi Collection." The SCWC notes that the introduction of the second head in low relief marked a reduction in weight to 4.60 g. The first head was used 1938-40, the second head was used 1940-42. In 1942, the denomination was terminated.

Recorded mintage: 116,721,000.

Specification: 4.86 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-530.

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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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