View source for Bombay 1794 1/2 pice

[[Image:Bombay Alb27-2393o.jpg|300px|thumb|from Steve Album sale 27, lot 2393]]
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This specimen was lot 2393 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $235. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: AE ½ pice, [Soho mint], 1794. short delicate pivot (reverse I), NGC graded PF64 BR." This type was manufactured for the British East India Company by the Soho mint of Birmingham in 1791 and 1794. It was accompanied by copper [[Bombay 1794 pice|one]], [[Bombay 1794 1-1/2 pice|1½]] and two pice, all fairly common. This specimen realized over three times the catalog value.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 6.75 g, copper, 20 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' Stv-8.50. Prid-139. KM-192.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* Stevens, Paul, ''The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist.'' London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.

''Link to:''
* [[Bengal AH1195(22) 1/8 anna KM-123]]
* [[Bombay 1791 1/2 pice|1791 half pice]]
* [[Bombay 1791 1-1/2 pice|1791 1½ pice]]
* [[Bombay 1794 pice]]
* [[Bombay 1794 1-1/2 pice|1794 1½ pice]]
* [[Madras 1794 1/48 rupee]]
* [[Madras 1797 1/48 rupee]]
* [[Bombay (17)99 1/5 rupee]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1794]]
* return to coins of [[India, Bombay Presidency]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 27]]