India 1862 1/4 anna

Heritage sale 3010, part of lot 22838

photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

This specimen was part of lot 22838 in Heritage sale 3010 (Boston, August 2010), which sold for $632.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Grouping of Twelve Uncirculated Coins, British India ...British India 1/4 Anna 1862 ...All coins very choice examples." This type was struck at Madras, Bombay and Calcutta in numerous varieties for India with a frozen date until 1874, when normal dating resumed. The Calcutta, Bombay and Madras issues can only be distinguished by their diameters.

Recorded mintage: 99,504,000 from Calcutta, 32,149,000 from Bombay and 186,227,000 from Madras.

Specification: 6.14 g, copper, 25.18 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 467.

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]Tucker, Warren, Scott Cordry and John Kraljevich, Heritage Sale 3010: World Coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2010.

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