https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Ceylon_1914_50_centsCeylon 1914 50 cents - Revision history2026-08-10T07:19:14ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.0https://coinvarieties.com/index.php?title=Ceylon_1914_50_cents&diff=653110&oldid=prevLatinKing2020: Created page with "Steve Album sale 55, lot 3534 This specimen was lot 3534 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420..."2026-06-30T22:18:10Z<p>Created page with "<a href="/index.php/File:SAlbum_55-3534.jpg" title="File:SAlbum 55-3534.jpg">550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 3534</a> This specimen was lot 3534 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420..."</p>
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This specimen was lot 3534 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $420. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Ceylon|CEYLON]]: George V, 1910-1936, AR 50 cents, 1914, nice luster, key date, NGC graded MS64, ex The 1914 Collection. Tied for finest graded at NGC and PCGS." Ceylon attained her independence in 1948 after the British left India and is now known as Sri Lanka. This type was struck 1913-14 and 1917 in London. The superseding type was only 0.550 fine.<br />
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''Recorded mintage:'' 200,000 plus proofs.<br />
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''Specification:'' 5.83 g, 0.800 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.<br />
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''Catalog reference:'' KM-109.<br />
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''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' <br />
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. <br />
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.<br />
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''Links:''<br />
* [[Ceylon 1913 50 cents|1913 50 cents]]<br />
* [[Ceylon 1914 10 cents|1914 10 cents]]<br />
* [[Ceylon 1914 25 cents|1914 25 cents]]<br />
* [[Ceylon 1917 50 cents|1917 50 cents]]<br />
* [[Coins and currency dated 1914]]<br />
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