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India, British, George VI, rupees, 1940-1941, .917 fine silver, 1940 dot (5), 1941 dot (7) (KM.556), .500 fine silver, 1942 dot (11), 1943 dot (7), 1944 dot (4), 1944L (6), 1945 dot (6), 1945L (3). Very fine - good extremely fine. (49)
Estimate $200
SOLD $550
India, British, George VI, half rupees, 1940-1945, 1940 milled or reeded edge (3), dot (5) (KM.550a), 1941 dot (6), 1942 (KM.551), 1942 dot (3), 1943 dot (6), 1943L (2), 1944 dot (4), 1944L (2), 1945L (3), (KM.552); quarter rupees, 1939, 1940 (9), dot (3) (KM.545), 1942 (7), 1943 (12) (KM.546), 1943 dot reverse A (6), reverse B (2), 1943L, 1944 dot reverse A (4), 1945 dot (9) (KM.547). Very good - extremely fine. (87)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
India, British, a range of issues; silver quarter rupees, 1916, 1939, 1945 (KM.518, 544, 547); silver two annas, 1910 (KM.505), 1917 (KM.515); bronze quarter anna, 1938, 1939 (2), 1940 (3), 1941, 1942 (KM.530, 531); Territory of New Guinea, silver shillings, 1935, 1936 (KM.5). Very fine - uncirculated. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
India, British, Queen Victoria, George V, copies of unusual coin and a regular coin, silver rupee 1876 with obverse reading VICTORIA EMPRESS, which only commenced in 1877 and eight annas 1919 which should be in cupro-nickel but cast in a base metal. First coin extremely fine, other fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $100
India, British EIC, Madras Presidency, silver rupees year 6 with mint rose rose, straight milling (2) (KM.427); silver half rupees, one with lotus other with rose (KM.402, 426); fractional issues eighth rupees (KM.412, 424); 1/16th rupee (KM.411, 423 [2]); silver two fanams 1807-8, (KM.338, 350 [last illustrated]), another one fanam issued 1764-1807, rev. double C's, (KM.307); plain edge silver rupees (2), Farrukhabad [1]211/31 (KM.28); French India, 1220/45 (KM.15). Fine - very fine, several scarce. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
India, British, EIC, Bombay, two pice, 1819 (KM.200); pie, 1833 (KM.261) (5); half pice, 1791 (KM.192), 1804 (KM.204); quarter annas, 1830, 1832, (KM.231.1), 1833 (KM.232) (4); Bengal Presidency, hammered issue coppers, Murshidabad half pice (4), pice (4), one pie (1831-5) (KM.58) (3), Benares, Calcutta and Farrukhabad coinage copper pice (KM.27-30, 54, 56, 57) (15); Madras, cash, 1803 (KM.315), ten cash, 1808 (KM.319), twenty cash, 1803 (holed), 1808 (2) (KM.321) (3), 1/96th rupee, 1797 (KM.397)(2), also a copper cash (KM.311), Dudu (ten cash), 1756 (KM.306) (2); EIC, milled copper issues, one twelfth annas, 1835 (3), 1848 (2) (KM.445) (5), half pice, 1853 (KM.464) (2), quarter annas, 1835 (KM.446) (6), 1858 (KM.463) (2), half annas, 1835 (2), 1845 (KM.447) (3); French India, Pondicherry copper doudou 1836-7 (KM.52) (2) (total 78); also five packets of counterfeit, worn or damaged 20th century British Indian issues. Poor - good extremely fine. (approx 150)
Estimate $300
SOLD $440
India, British, EIC, Queen Victoria to George VI, duplicate bronze issues, from 1833, half annas, 1835 (5), 1862 (2); quarter annas, 1833 Bombay (5), 1835 (3 extremely fine), others (5); 1858 (3), 1862 (2), mostly George V dates, noted 1920, 1935 (5) and 1936 (6) red uncirculated; half pices, 1936 (6) red uncirculated; George VI approx 70, half pices (approx 20), housed in cigarette tins. Poor - uncirculated. (approx 350)
Estimate $300
SOLD $380
India, British, EIC, Queen Victoria - George VI, and Republic, minors in base metal in quanity in many instances, one twelfth annas, 1833 (Bombay) (2), 1835 (19), 1862 to 1901 (36), 1903-10 (19); 1912-1936 (approx 100), George VI, 1939 (approx 50), 1941 (approx 60), half pice, 1939 dot (Bombay) a little hoard of about 70 pieces mostly full mint red; quarter annas 1886-1941 (25), one (approx 50), two (13), four (5), and eight annas, 1919 (C), one annas include 1927 dot (13, all uncirculated), quarter annas, 1939 (8), half annas to one rupees, 1947 (seven bags), Republic, pice (about 30), new pice to Nehru and Ghandi rupees, in ANZ Bank paper bags (47) in a shoe box, being mostly duplicates of collection. Fair - uncirculated. (approx 1,000)
Estimate $500
SOLD $2,200
India, Republic, a collection with much duplication, mainly 1970s to 2011, includes Ghandi mint sets, 1989 (2) and 1991 (KM.MS36), five rupees of Indira Ghandi, 1985 and Nehru 1989, silver ten rupees, 1972 (KM.187.1), also a few of Bangladesh, housed in clip seal bags, all in one plastic carton. Very fine - uncirculated. (approx 1,500)
Estimate $500
SOLD $400
India, two rupees, 2000, unusual flattening of the coin trapped in the dies and a second example with 70% off centre strike (KM.121.5). Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
India, planchet flaws and off centre mistrikes, two rupees, 1999, five rupees (date off flan) with 50% off centre strike (KM.121.5, 154.1); fifty paise 1999, double struck with repeating value 50, (KM.69) (illust); others with planchet flaws, ten paise 1988 and five paise, 1974, (KM.18.6, 39). Mostly extremely fine or better. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
India, ancient, Mogul and British silver issues, each in 2x2 holders, described on two pages, Maurya Empire, King Ashoka, 272-232BC, silver punchmarked issues (2); Indo-Sasanian (AD300-400), silver drachm, horse rider; drachm (AD1000-1100), Dehli Sultanate (3); tanka, Gujrat Sultanate; Mogul 1687, 1770; Madras (2), Kutch Kori (3), rupee Gudion; Indor (1792), Bombay rupees (3), Bengal rupees (3), Baroda rupee, Hyderabad (3), Mewar (6), British rupees 1862 (2), 1940-5; coppers (4 including Bombay and Bengal). Fine - good extremely fine. (46)
Estimate $900
SOLD $700
India, gold fanams assortment, several identified including Travancore, Mysore, Malabar Coast, Bhartpur etc, lot also includes a Central Deccan of the Chalukyas of Kalyana gold pagoda, c.118101189, of SomesvaraIV, obv. Garuda of Hanuman running to right, rev. worn plain surface, (cf.M. (South India) 282-285). Mostly very fine. (16)
Estimate $200
SOLD $450
India, an interesting mixed group including Sultans of Delhi 'Ala' al-Din Muhammad (A.H. 695-715, A.D. 1296-1316), silver tankas (3) (G&G D225-227), billon two gani (G&G D233); Mogul rupee of Muhammad Shah year 1, Akbarnagar mint (KM.436.4) (with hoard patina); silver rupees 1840 DL, 1917 Calcutta, 1918 Bombay; EIC Bengal Presidency copper fractional pice (11) imitating RY 19/1202AH, (KM.-) (one illustrated); Modern India mostly in cupro-nickel (17) in aluminum (19); Pakistan (4); Persian Gulf, bent bar silver larin; Thailand modern issues to 5 baht (8); others (3). Fair - nearly uncirculated. (approx 70)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
India, East India Company, silver half rupee, another a rupee (holed), both year 19 oblique milling, assorted 19th - 20th century copper to half annas, (27); Native states, Hyderabad silver (3) to half rupee, silver fanam, State copper, assorted issues from Indore, Gwalior, Baroda, Kalat, Ceylon 12th century (2), Bhutan. Mostly fine. (55)
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
India, Atam Vallabah Industries, five grams, standard gold (99.50 fine), bullion discs; two grams (2). Total weight: nine grams. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $550
SOLD $750
India, National Refinery Pvt Ltd, Bombay, ten grams, Standard Gold (99.50 fine), bullion discs. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $1,300
SOLD $1,550
India, Sikh silver temple token, (10.23 g),nanak seated under a tree in a pagri, dhoti and chaddar, crosslegged oncarpet, in fron disciples, rev. gurumukhi legend 'Mool Mantar in six lines (illustrated); together tokens (2) with rev. 'East India Company' 1818 half annas with obv. two Hindu dieties (2, one illustrated); another single diety, others dates 1806 single diety; 1840 half annas with obv. of single diety another with two dieties. First token nearly very fine and very rare, others rare. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
India, Amritsar, George VI, Ordnance Factory food token, copper (31 mm), stamped 4110 on reverse. Holed for hanging, nearly very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120