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British India: George V, 1911, Silver Rupee Proof Restrike, Elephant-type Mule, PCGS PR 63

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Indian Coins - Colonial Start Price:200,000.00 CAD Estimated At:200,000.00 - 250,000.00 CAD
British India: George V, 1911, Silver Rupee Proof Restrike, Elephant-type Mule, PCGS PR 63
1911, King George V, Silver Rupee, Proof Restrike - Mule with elephant. Graded & amp; Slabbed by PCGS PR 63.Notes: Engraved by Bertram MacKennal, the first issue (type A) of the 1911 Rupee included an indistinctly drawn elephant on the chain of the king's Order of the Indian Empire. To some it looked like a pig, which caused offence. The issue was withdrawn and many were melted down while a new obverse die was cut with a more realistic elephant to start the process of replacing them (Type B). This Rupee is however, a Restrike, paired with the re-engraved accepted die and hence Mule.