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''Recorded mintage:'' 12,940,000.
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 12,940,000.
  
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''Specification:'' copper.
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''Specification:'' 3.0-3.3 g, copper, 21 mm diameter.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-484.
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM-484.
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* [[India 1895 1/2 pice|1895 half pice]]
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* [[India 1897 1/2 pice|1897 half pice]]
 
* [[India 1897(c) 1/4 anna|1897(c) ¼ anna]]
 
* [[India 1897(c) 1/4 anna|1897(c) ¼ anna]]
 
* [[India 1898(c) 1/12 anna|1898 1/12 anna]]
 
* [[India 1898(c) 1/12 anna|1898 1/12 anna]]
 
* [[India 1898-C 2 annas|1898-C 2 annas]]
 
* [[India 1898-C 2 annas|1898-C 2 annas]]
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* [[India 1898-B 1/4 rupee|1898-B quarter rupee]]
 
* [[India 1898-C 1/4 rupee|1898-C quarter rupee]]
 
* [[India 1898-C 1/4 rupee|1898-C quarter rupee]]
 
* [[India 1898-B rupee|1898-B rupee]]
 
* [[India 1898-B rupee|1898-B rupee]]
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* [[India 1898-C rupee|1898-C rupee]]
 
* [[India 1899 1/2 pice|1899 half pice]]
 
* [[India 1899 1/2 pice|1899 half pice]]
 
* [[India 1899-C 1/2 rupee|1899-C half rupee]]
 
* [[India 1899-C 1/2 rupee|1899-C half rupee]]

Latest revision as of 09:41, 27 March 2025

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2709
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This specimen was lot 2709 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $71.40. The catalog description[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Empress, 1876-1901, AE ½ pice, 1898(c), NGC graded MS63 RB." This type was struck 1877-78 and 1885-1901 in moderate quantities and was worth one-eighth of an anna. Calcutta was the sole producer. The weight was reduced in 1906 and the alloy converted to bronze.

Recorded mintage: 12,940,000.

Specification: 3.0-3.3 g, copper, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-484.

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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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