366, Lot: 284. Estimate $1000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

COLONIAL ISSUES, British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901; Empress of India, 1876-1901. Proof AV 5 Rupees (20mm, 3.85 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1879. Crowned bust left; Λ at truncation of bust / FIVE/RUPEES/–/INDIA/1879 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 6.23; Pridmore 42; Friedberg 1605. Proof, a couple of flan flaws, light hairlines.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection (Stack’s, 16 September 1982), lot 982.