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Mombasa: British Colonial Rupee 1888-H,...
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Description
British Colonial Rupee 1888-H, KM5, SP64 NGC, normal bold strike, attractive and reflective silvery gray surfaces. The Heaton Mint struck some 94,000 "business strikes" or pieces meant for commercial use (in just this one year) in this exotic colonial outpost administered by the Imperial British East Africa Company, an Arabic trading center for centuries that became, like neighboring Kenya, one of the important British African colonies that appealed to all sorts of homeland adventurers, for whom coins such as this were intended. The exact mintages of the far rarer Specimens, also the Proofs, does not seem to be known, but they are the ultimate examples of this long-gone coinage.From the Silver Around the World Collection
Metal: Silver
Weight: 11.66g
ASW: 0.3437oz
Auction Info
2010 April Rosemont, IL CICF Signature World Coin Auction #3009 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
April, 2010
22nd-26th
Thursday-Monday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 9
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