India 1862(b) 1/12 anna

Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2687

This specimen was lot 2687 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $41.65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "BRITISH INDIA: Victoria, Queen, 1837-1876, AE 1/12 anna, 1862(b), both dies clashed, brown, Unc." This denomination, the smallest of the copper issues, was struck at the Calcutta, Bombay and Madras mints in 1862 and 1874-76. The diameters of this type vary by mint.

Recorded mintage: 2,999,000.

Specification: 2.07 g, copper, 17.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-465, S&W-4.189.

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]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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