Triton XIX, Lot: 2484. Estimate $5000. Sold for $22500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. temp. George VI. 1936-1952. AV 26⅔ Tolas Bar. Barbell shaped bar with three stamps: on left rounded end, large crown with H. M. MINT above and BOMBAY below; lis to left and right; all within circular incuse; on right rounded end, INDIAN MINES above, 9954 across, and 26⅔ TOLAS below; each in rounded rectangular incuse; across central bar, FINE in rounded rectangular incuse / Blank. Dimesions: 81mm overall length, 32mm overall height, 9mm overall thickness. Weight: 311g = 9.998 oz AGW. KM X# 28 (this bar illustrated); cf. http://www.monacorarecoins.com/gairsoppa/ (silver ingot; for contemporary Bombay mint stamp). EF, numerous field marks and dings.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Coin Galleries (15 February 1995), lot 1922; Amon G. Carter, Jr. Family Collection (Stack’s, 18 January 1984), lot 1591.