India 1945(b) pice

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This pice (one-fourth of an anna or 1/64 of a rupee) was struck at the Bombay mint at the end of World War Two, in the final days of the British Raj. This date was issued from Bombay, Calcutta and Lahore. About 1.29 billion were minted 1943-47.

Recorded mintage: 237,197,000.

Specification: bronze.

Catalog reference: KM 533.

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.

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