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Two Choice Restrike Proofs

Triton XIX, Lot: 2425. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

INDIA, Princely States. Dhar State. temp. Anand Rao III. AH 1276-1316 / AD 1860-1898. Restrike Proof AV Quarter Anna (26mm, 13.31 g, 12h). In the name and types of Victoria, Empress of India. Unmarked Calcutta mint. Dated 1887. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned bust left / ¼/ANNA/DHAR STATE/INDIA/1887 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. KM 13b; Pridmore 1028; Friedberg –. Proof, deep mirror fields, a few hairlines. A superb early restrike, thus rare.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Spink-Taisei 10 (20 February 1991), lot 592.