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Message:: [QUOTE="iPen, post: 2328332, member: 69760"]This is probably for you India coin buffs... NGC doesn't seem to have this coin listed, the 1873 India 1 Rupee. It's a proof right? But, they don't even have the regular strike listed... But maybe I'm reading the date wrong... is it an 1878? If you think it says 1873, is it the only one "known"? (unfortunately for everyone, the pics are taken from a sold listing, but it's still interesting to discuss, right?) If it's an 1878 year, then maybe it's a date error as that last digit almost certainly looks like a "3" more so than an "8". For such a strong strike, it seems that a grease filled die wouldn't explain it without some residue of the rest of the "8" closing the loop. If it's 1873, then maybe it's a specimen that didn't make it into circulation until the next year. Or maybe it's a fake! I checked to see if the "3" font from a different year was the same compared to the last digit on this coin. However, the "3" digit on the 1883 India 1 Rupee doesn't look similar at all (last image below). Also, is that black tarnish or environmental damage? Maybe it's a bulls-eye carbon spot pattern... maybe it survived a fire. And, any idea on what it's worth? Thanks in advance! Pics from the 'net. NGC skips right past 1873 - there appears to be a hiatus by the mint to produce this coin type between 1871 and 1873, inclusive. [ATTACH=full]471691[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]471690[/ATTACH] The 1883 year's "3" digit doesn't look like the "3" digit on the example above. Perhaps they simply used a different font for the "3" numeral for the specimen above, since it is a specimen (?).<img src="http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/uploaded/serial/20130508_1883halfb.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]

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