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Latest revision as of 17:05, 31 January 2022
This specimen was lot 72179 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, June 2021), where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "MAURITIUS. 2 Cents, 1917. London Mint. PCGS MS-63 Red Brown Gold Shield. An attractive, lustrous coin with a bright, almost golden hue in the fields." This type was struck 1911-12, 1917, 1920-24 in modest numbers. It accompanied a bronze five cents and cent. Silver quarter, half and one rupees were struck for George V but not until 1934.
Recorded mintage: 250,000.
Specification: bronze.
Catalog reference: KM-13.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The June 2021 Collector's Choice sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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