Triton XIX, Lot: 2482. Estimate $3000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. George V. King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, 1910-1936. Restrike Proof AV ‘2 Annas’ (26mm, 14.69 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1918. GEORGE V KING EMPEROR, crowned bust left; all within double linear circular border; in outer margins, lotus above, 19 18 to left and right, and, in exergue, INDIA flanked by floral design / Large 2 with ANNAS below; all within double linear quadrate border; in outer margins, values in Urdu, Telegu, Nagari, and Bengali; no pellet in exergue. UIC 8.222; Pridmore, p. 193, note †; Friedberg –. Proof, mirror fields, light surface marks. Off-metal restrike in gold.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Superior (1 December 1990), lot 241; Irving K. Moskovitz Collection (Abner Kreisberg Corporation, 15 February 1977), lot 788.