India 1985-H rupee

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72359

This specimen was lot 72359 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $432. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Rupee, 1985-H. Heaton Mint. PCGS SPECIMEN-66 Gold Shield. This piece, a dazzling plus Gem, offers intense radiance and luster, with a light degree of frosting to the devices. Ex: King's Norton Mint Collection." This type was struck in large quantities at Bombay, Calcutta, London, Heaton (shown here), Hyderabad and Noida 1982-90.

Recorded mintage: 444,516,000, including London, Bombay and Calcutta.

Specification: 6 g, copper-nickel, 26 mm diameter, security edge.

Catalog reference: KM-79.1.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

• 1984-♦ 5 rupees, death of Indira Gandhi
• 1985(h) 50 paise
• 1985-♦ 10 rupees, Golden Jubilee of the Reserve Bank of India
• 1985-B 100 rupees, Golden Jubilee of the Reserve Bank of India
• 1986(c) rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1985