India (British): silver 2-annas of Queen Victoria, 1901, Calcutta mint

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How interesting/appealing do you find this coin, whether or not you're an expert? (1=worst, 10=best)

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    India (British): silver 2-annas of Queen Victoria, 1901, Calcutta mint
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    A small coin, and not quite Mint State, but with attractive toning. Though this coin was from the year when Victoria died, aged 81, after a 63-year reign, she remained forever young on the coins of British India. The handsome portrait here somewhat resembles the one used on her famous "Gothic" crowns from earlier in the reign. Meanwhile, the homeland coinage portrayed her more realistically as the elderly, veiled widow she was by then.

    This was an inexpensive coin, and barely cost me more than the slab fee alone would have been, had I been the one who submitted it. It was exponentially less expensive than a Gothic crown, for sure!

    https://www.pcgs.com/cert/35618647

    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces17535.html

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    lordmarcovan, Mar 10, 2021
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  3. expat

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    That's a beauty. Slight wear cost it a MS62/3, IMO.
    I love seeing those old British India coins. I posess only 1, a quarter Anna, 189? which, unfortunately, somebody many years ago decided to turn into a button. I have never decoded the final digit in the date
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  4. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Those are both cool!
    That is some really great toning @lordmarcovan and I like how your coin served another purpose @expat . I wonder how much a button cost if it was cheaper to use a coin instead :)
     
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  5. expat

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    I often wonder if the need for a button outweighed the value of the coin
     
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  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    If it's between a 1/4 anna or your pants around your ankles....well I will let you decide :)

    I love coins that have shown actual use. Be it circulation wear or something else like yours. Makes it feel more like a piece of history to me.
     
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  7. Chris B

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    That is an exceptionally attractive coin @lordmarcovan Your write-up reminded me why I got into world coins. You can find some really nice older coins without breaking the bank.
     
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  8. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    The Victoria 2 annas coin is beautiful!

    I believe that the East India Company quarter anna button coin is KM 446.2, a one-year type of 1835.

    :)
     
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  9. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    I think so too. You can see most of the date, actually.
     
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  10. HoledandCreative

    HoledandCreative Well-Known Member

    1901 is a beauty. The 1835 not so much. Both have stories to tell, cool.
     
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  11. Robidoux Pass

    Robidoux Pass Well-Known Member

    LordM, I like your coin. I gave it a 9.
     
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  12. ddddd

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    7....I like it and that is an example of a nice 58 that I'd prefer over a low mint state
     
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  13. nicholasz219

    nicholasz219 Well-Known Member

    The India coins of Victoria are some of my favorites. Beautiful coin, @lordmarcovan
     
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  14. Mac McDonald

    Mac McDonald Well-Known Member

    Wondered if you agree with the grade...? Very hard by photos to see/detect any wear (I can't/don't, from here...not that I would factor as, any more than not). Very nice coin, no matter...but...so close, to me.
     
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  15. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Good question. I can't recall putting a loupe to this one, though I suppose a good look at the full sized TrueView would be sufficient...

    (goes, looks at that)

    Hm. Tough call. Maybe the faintest whisper of rub on the hair braids. But I don't know, and I don't know what's strike softness and what's wear in this case. I'll just take PCGS at their word.

    Maybe if resubmitted a couple of times, the coin might indeed go MS, but it wouldn't be worth the hassle or expense. I like it the way it is and the number on the label doesn't matter immensely to me in this particular case.
     
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  16. coloradobryan

    coloradobryan Well-Known Member

    Anyone know right off how many annas were in a rupie? Ive got the L/S/D system down, but not so much the indian system.
     
    coloradobryan, Mar 10, 2021
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  17. JPD3

    JPD3 Well-Known Member

    From Wikipedia: An anna (or ānna) was a currency unit formerly used in British India, equal to 1⁄16 of a rupee. It was subdivided into four (old) Paisa or twelve pies (thus there were 192 pies in a rupee). When the rupee was decimalized and subdivided into 100 (new) paise, one anna was therefore equivalent to 6.25 paise.
     
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  18. HoledandCreative

    HoledandCreative Well-Known Member

    16
     
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  19. happy_collector

    happy_collector Well-Known Member

    I like the coin still having Victoria's young head on the obverse, even though the year is 1901. For coins in UK, the obverse would already been a veiled head.
     
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  20. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan 48-year collector Moderator

    Exactly. It’s a quirk of British Indian coins I like. The eternally young Vickie. She stayed young on nongold Canadian coins, too, though on some of their higher silver denominations she did age a little bit.
     
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  21. tenbobbit

    tenbobbit Well-Known Member

    Now you need to add 1 of these ;)

    Known as the PIG coin, due to the poorly rendered Elephant on the shoulder of George V.

    1911 2 Annas

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