CNG 111, Lot: 966. Estimate $500. Sold for $1600. 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. Proof Restrike AR Twelfth Anna (20mm, 2.67 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1893. Crowned bust left; flower to left in bottom panel of jabot / 1/12/RUPEE/–/INDIA/11901 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UCI 6.646; Pridmore, p. 195; KM 483b. Proof, some iridescence, reflective fields, once cleaned, some hairlines. Rare.