Live auction - fwo_645585 - BRITISH INDIA 1/2 Roupie Victoria 1881 Calcutta
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 19:59:17 |
Type : 1/2 Roupie Victoria
Date: 1881
Mint name / Town : Calcutta
Quantity minted : 920720
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,85 g.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
Obverse
Obverse legend : VICTORIA EMPERESS.
Obverse description : portrait à gauche couronné de Victoria.
Reverse
Reverse description : au centre d’une couronne de fleur: 1/2 / RUPEE / INDIA / 1881.
Commentary
Pour ce type la lettre d’atelier se trouve dans la feuille à 12 heure au revers.
Historical background
BRITISH INDIA
(Nineteenth century)
British India means all the presidencies and provinces of India under the administration of the English East India Company until 1858 and then under direct British administration until 1947, becoming part of the British Indian Empire. British India is distinct from the regions of India with greater autonomy, called the princely states (principalities or kingdoms over which a local ruler ruled).
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