India 1835(c) rupee

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CNG Lissner sale, lot 502

This specimen was lot 502 in Classical Numismatic Group's sale of the Lissner Collection (Chicago, August 2014), where it sold for $3,327.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA, Colonial. British India. William IV. 1830-1837. AR Rupee. East India Company issue. Calcutta mint. Dated 1835. In NGC encapsulation graded MS 65. Toned gem uncirculated with shades of blue fading to red toward the edge. Purchased from Hans Schulman." 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: 15,759,000 plus 53,713,000 from Bombay.

Specification: 11.66 g, 0.917 fine silver. This specimen Ø31 mm, 11.70 g, 12h axis.

Catalog reference: S&W 1.45; Pridmore 37; KM 450.2.

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]Teller, M. Louis, and Victor England, Jr., The Richard Lissner Collection, Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, 2014.

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