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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 808

(g) India, Elizabeth II (1952-2022), Commemorative Sovereign, 2014-I [MMTC-PAMP, Rojka Meo, Haryana Mint], by Ian Rank-Broadley and Benedetto Pistrucci, struck from licensed Llantrisant made dies, fourth crowned head right, rev. St. George and Dragon, edge milled, 7.99g*, 12h, brilliant uncirculated, the second year of this short-lived experimental issue, issued to coincide with the 95th Anniversary of the original Bombay Mint coin, limited to 60,471 pieces world-wide but seldom encountered in commerce, in original Mint blister-sealed packaging, with Card Case of Issue and CoA [#020582]

On 11 December 2014, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alan Yarrow, made his first official trip to India and struck a special commemorative Sovereign to mark the occasion.



To celebrate the event, the Royal Mint issued a special "Sovereign Indian Mint Mark Two-Coin Set" on 12 December 2014 comprising a circulating-standard 1918 Indian Sovereign and a bullion-grade 2014 Indian Sovereign. The set included a numbered Certificate of Authenticity along with a 12-page booklet exploring the story of the Royal Mint's Bombay Branch between 1917-1919 and the return of Sovereign production to India in 2013. The set had an issue limit of 100.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,000

Starting price
£750