Triton XIX, Lot: 2486. Estimate $1500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. George VI. 1936-1952. Restrike Proof AV ‘Anna’ (21mm, 7.79 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1940. GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR, crowned head left; pellet below head / Large 1 with ANNA across field, INDIA above and 1940 below; all within linear quadrate arabesque frame; values in Urdu, Telegu, Nagari, and Bengali in outer margins; no pellets flanking date. UIC 9.154; Pridmore, p. 193, note †; Friedberg –. Proof, mirror fields, cabinet friction on portrait, hairlines in field.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.