India 1973-B rupee

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 74363

This specimen was lot 74363 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $60. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. Rupee, 1973-B. Bombay Mint. NGC PROOF-68. From a Proof-only series, struck in Nickel. A brilliant and pleasing coin with deep flashy surfaces." After independence in 1947-48, the British rupee was withdrawn and replaced by a note. One rupee coins were struck 1952, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1969 but never on a production basis. This type was struck for circulation 1970 only and for the proof sets of 1970-74. In 1982, US$1 = 9.3 rupees; today (July 2022), one US dollar = 79 rupees.

Recorded mintage: 7,567 proofs.

Specification: 10 g, nickel, 28 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-75.2.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

• India 1972-B rupee
• 1973-♦ 50 paise F.A.O.
• 1973-♦ 10 rupees F.A.O.
• 1973-♦ 20 rupees F.A.O.
• India 1974-B rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1973