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[[Image:India SA38-2793o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 38, lot 2793]]
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This specimen was lot 2793 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $53.55. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "BRITISH [[India|INDIA]]: George VI, 1936-1947, AE ¼ anna, 1940(b), first head, high relief variety, NGC graded MS64 RD, Sanjay C. Gandhi Collection." The SCWC notes that the introduction of the second head in low relief marked a reduction in weight to 4.60 g. The first head was used 1938-40, the second head was used 1940-42. In 1942, the denomination was terminated.

''Recorded mintage:'' 116,721,000.

''Specification:'' 4.86 g, bronze.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-530.

''[[Bibliography|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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.

''Link to:''
* [[India 1938(c) 1/4 anna|1938(c) ¼ anna]]
* [[India 1940 1/2 anna|1940 copper-nickel half anna]]
* [[India 1940(c) anna|1940(c) anna]]
* [[India 1940(c) 1/2 pice|1940(c) ½ pice]]
* [[India 1940(b) 2 annas KM-541|1940(b) 2 annas, low relief bust]]
* [[India 1940(c) 2 annas|1940(c) 2 annas]]
* [[India 1940(c) 1/2 rupee|1940(c) half rupee]]
* [[India 1940(b) rupee|1940(b) rupee]]
* [[India 1941(b) 1/4 anna|1941(b) ¼ anna]]
* [[India 1942(b) 2 annas|1942(b) 2 annas]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1940]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 38]]