1947 was a good year for lions

theboz11

Just got these to new additions to my lion collection.

This Cyprus is a one year type KM 27.



India shilling from Lehore mint KM559

harasha

Do like those concluding pieces from the Raj.

oldshep

Dan - I love the India Rupee, as a matter of fact, I have the matching 1/2 rupee and the 1/4 rupee - they make a beautiful set!!!

Shep

sumnom

That rupee is great!

cladking

The rupees saw fairly light circulation but they are hardly common. They
have proven extremely elusive in unc for me and a few of the uncs are so
poorly made as to appear AU.

This one is probably unc. It's hard to tell from the picture.

The Cypriot coin is more available but hardly common above VF.

cladking

The rupee is one of my favorites but I've always been partial to
Indian coins as well as cu/ ni and large denominations.

It's a nice design. If memory serves this was struck even after
independence briefly.

sumnom

Where was it minted?

FilamCoins

theboz11

Those are very nice. I did not know these were so hard to find in nice condition until I started looking for one

newsman

Geez .... another one of those self-slabbers pops up.



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cladking

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This one was Bombay.

Krause says they were also minted in Lahore without a mintmark. These are higher priced and lower mintage.

I see Krause has raised the prices for all of these in the last few years too.

theboz11

Mine is from Lahore, the mintage is just over a million I think.