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LOT 4159
India, British Colonial. George V AR Rupee. Dated 1918. Bombay mint.
Design by Edgar Bertram MacKennal. GEORGE V KING EMPEROR, crowned bust to left / ONE RUPEE INDIA 1918 یک روپیہ in five lines, within circle and wreath made of roses, thistle, shamrock leaves and lotus flowers; • beneath bottom lotus, indicating Bombay Mint. KM 524; SW 8.43; Prid 224. Almost Uncirculated.(11.68gr, 30mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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