Muscat and Oman AH 1315 1/4 anna

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from the Stack's Bowers 2020 NYINC sale, lot 23308
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This specimen was lot 23308 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2020), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "MUSCAT AND OMAN. Copper 1/4 Anna, AH 1315 (1898). Faisal bin Turkee. PCGS MS-64 Brown Gold Shield. Sharply struck, nice brown surfaces with traces of mint red." This one year type comes in many varieties and is inexpensive. This specimen is probably of European manufacture.

Recorded mintage: 19,110,000.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-3.1.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [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.

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