The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period: Patterns, Edward VII, original...

The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period: Patterns, Edward VII, original cupro-nickel Pattern Anna, 1906, Bombay, on a scalloped blank, unsigned, crowned bust right, incuse b below cross pattée in crown, no initials below truncation, edward vii king & emperor in large letters, rev. india above small 1 anna and date within decorative diamond, eka annÄ oru annÄ eka ÄnÄ oka ÄnÄ in angles, edge plain, 21.5mm, 3.78g/12h (Prid. 1072 [Sale, lot 216]; SW 7.143; KM. –; cf. Fore II, 765; cf. DNW 249, 500; cf. BSJ 35, 590; cf. ‘Diana’ 402). Extremely fine and very rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Bt R. Weir (Unionville, ONT), envelope. Owner’s ticket and envelope, “Pridmore says this is the approved design but while rev. is same as approved design the obv. legend is larger and on currency issue legend is slightly reduced.” XRF analysis shows the metal content as 75% copper, 23% nickel, and other trace elements. Recent research has demonstrated the likely fallibility of Pridmore (and, in turn, Krause/Mishler and Stevens/Weir) in assuming that a large series of cupro-nickel annas were struck in 1906 for general circulation, bearing the King’s titles in small lettering, as per 1907 and later issues (Prid. 925; SW 7.140). All the coins dated 1906 that have been noted by recent cataloguers bear the obverse legend in large letters, so would be considered patterns in the present sense of the term