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[[Image:E India Co 1841 2 annas obv Heritage 3010-22838.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 22838]]
 
[[Image:E India Co 1841 2 annas obv Heritage 3010-22838.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 22838]]
 
[[Image:E India Co 1841 2 annas rev Heritage 3010-22838.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]]
 
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[[Image:India 1841 2 annas obv DSL.jpg|300px|thumb|from the Mountain Groan Collection]]
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This specimen was part of lot 22838 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $632.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Grouping of Twelve Uncirculated Coins, British [[India]] ...2 Annas 1841, (five pieces), ...All coins very choice examples." This type was struck at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in numerous varieties for the [[India, East India Company|East India Company]] with a frozen date until the introduction of the Victoria quarter rupee (KM 470) in 1862. It is not common in nice condition.
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The first specimen was part of lot 22838 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $632.50. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Grouping of Twelve Uncirculated Coins, British [[India]] ...2 Annas 1841, (five pieces), ...All coins very choice examples." This type was struck at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in numerous varieties for the [[India, East India Company|East India Company]] with a frozen date until the introduction of the Victoria quarter rupee (KM 470) in 1862. It is not common in nice condition.
  
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 43,002,000 from Calcutta, 8,427,000 from Bombay and 26,930,000 from Madras.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 43,002,000 from Calcutta, 8,427,000 from Bombay and 26,930,000 from Madras.
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Revision as of 19:08, 26 February 2023

Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 22838
photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries
from the Mountain Groan Collection
India 1841 2 annas rev DSL.jpg

The first specimen was part of lot 22838 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $632.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Grouping of Twelve Uncirculated Coins, British India ...2 Annas 1841, (five pieces), ...All coins very choice examples." This type was struck at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in numerous varieties for the East India Company with a frozen date until the introduction of the Victoria quarter rupee (KM 470) in 1862. It is not common in nice condition.

Recorded mintage: 43,002,000 from Calcutta, 8,427,000 from Bombay and 26,930,000 from Madras.

Specification: 1.46 g, .917 fine silver, .043 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 460.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
  • [1]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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