Watch List notes:

INDIA, Colonial. British India. Victoria. Queen of the United Kingdom, 1837-1901; Empress of India, 1876-1901. Restrike Proof AV 'Half Pice' (21.5mm, 6.48 g, 12h). Calcutta mint. Dated 1897. VICTORIA EMPRESS, crowned bust left / ½/PICE/–/INDIA/1897 in five lines; all within ornate floral border. UIC 6.594; Pridmore, p. 193, note †; Friedberg –. Proof, deep mirror fields, evidence of die recutting on chin, lower portion of jabot missing, a few minor hairlines. A superb early off-metal restrike in gold.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex David Fore Collection (Baldwin's 78, 7 May 2013), lot 120.