India 1946(b) 1/4 rupee
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This specimen was lot 2796 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George VI, 1936-1947, ¼ rupee, 1946(b), full cartwheel luster, NGC graded MS63." The quarter rupee, originally a silver coin (KM-544), was switched to copper-nickel in 1940 and struck in that alloy until 1946 when this nickel type was issued. India obtained her independence in 1947-48 and this issue ceased.
Recorded mintage: 83,600,000.
Specification: 2.90 g, nickel, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-548.
- 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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