India 1926(b) 1/12 anna

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2761

This specimen was lot 2761 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $47.60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: George V, 1910-1936, AE 1/12 anna, 1926(b), NGC graded MS66 RB, Sanjay C. Gandhi Collection." The twelfth anna was 1/192nd of a rupee and was the smallest denomination struck under the predecimal system. It was struck in moderate numbers throughout the Raj until 1942. The 1926 is common. The presence of a dot below the date marks this as a product of the Bombay mint, which struck this type 1923-28 and 1936.

Recorded mintage: 15,464,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 1.60 g, bronze, 17.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-509.

Source:

• 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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