India 1947(b) rupee

from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 23061

This specimen was lot 23061 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Rupee, 1947. Bombay Mint. NGC MS-62. Struck in the last days of the Raj. Dot below date. Some bagmarks but no trace of hairlines." India obtained her independence that year and the monarch was dropped from the coinage.

Recorded mintage: 118,028,000 + proofs + 41,911,000 from the Lahore mint.

Specification: nickel.

Catalog reference: KM-559.

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, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2020 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• India 1947(c) pice
• 1947(c) ½ anna
• India 1947(c) anna
• 1947(b) quarter rupee
• 1947(b) half rupee
• 1947(l) rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1947