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Revision as of 09:47, 24 September 2024
This specimen was lot 2916 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $113.05. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AR ½ rupee, 1912 (b), NGC graded MS63." This half rupee was struck at the Bombay mint just prior to World War One. It was never minted in the immense numbers of the George V rupees but it is not rare, being struck steadily 1912-30, 1933-36. The minting of rupees effectively ceased after 1922.
Recorded mintage: 1,505,000 + proofs.
Specification: 5.83 g, 0.917 fine silver, .172 troy oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-522.
- 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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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