CNG 103, Lot: 1038. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901; Empress of India, 1876-1901. Restrike Proof AV ‘Half Pice’ (25.4mm, 11.84 g, 12h). East India Company Issue. Calcutta mint. Dated 1853. Coat-of-arms of the East India Company with lion supporters; 1853 (date) above banner / EAST INDIA COMPANY, ½/ PICE in two lines within laurel wreath. UCI 3.86; cf. Pridmore 160; Friedberg –. Proof, mirror fields, light hairlines. Off-metal strike in gold.

Ex Dr. Lawrence A. Adams Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 2472 (hammer $7500, but not paid), purchased from M. Louis Teller, December 2008.