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Revision as of 10:18, 27 July 2023
This specimen was lot 2422 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AR rupee, 1882-C. Raised mintmark, NGC graded MS63." This type was issued at Calcutta and Bombay 1877-1901 in a bewildering array of varieties, including proofs, off-metal strikes and restrikes. The type is the largest silver denomination. It is distinguished from the type issued 1862-76 by the obverse legend, "VICTORIA EMPRESS" instead of "VICTORIA QUEEN."
Recorded mintage: 7,568,000.
Specification: 11.66 g, .917 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-492. S&W-6.107.
- 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]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.
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