India 1835(b) rupee

from the Stack's Bowers 2022 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74307

This specimen was lot 74307 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "INDIA. British East India Company. Rupee, 1835-(B). Bombay Mint. William IV. PCGS Genuine--Cleaning, Unc Details. Variety without initials on truncation. A bright, well struck Rupee with frosty luster still remaining in portions of the fields." This type comes in numerous varieties, suggesting that it was struck with a frozen date until the introduction of the Victoria rupee (KM 457) in 1840. The East India Company was dissolved and its assets taken over by the British government after the Mutiny of 1857.

Recorded mintage: 53,713,000 plus prooflikes plus 15,759,000 from Calcutta.

Specification: 5.83 g, 0.917 fine silver, 29.7 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-450.1; S&W-1.47.

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]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.

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