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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Tiny coin, sized like a silver three pence. I wonder how many of these survived.   Colligo ergo sum
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Thailand
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Considering the size of the country and the population that required small coins, a lot!
I have 34 of them dated from 1862 to 1941.
A friend of mine (British army background) who spent his early years in India would be be given a 1/12 anna to buy sweets and (if lucky) a 1/4 anna to buy a snack of pakoras.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I was looking at the mintages for this era, and they're not as huge as you might think (40 million being the most, in 1920). For anyone who's interested, those quantities may be viewed here: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1110.htmlColligo ergo sum
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United Kingdom
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They're not as interesting as the anna or rupee series to collect but I think they're undervalued in EF or better.
They have huge mintages but because they were so small, easily lost.
It is not the mintage but the surviving population that's important.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I have one of these in nice MS, inherited from my grandfathers collection along with a bunch of other Indian and World Coins. |
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United States
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I bought a BU roll of these, 1929 year, for $30 a couple years ago. Bargain of the day, I called it.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Small coins are easily lost, but yet they manage to survive. The perfect example of that is the "Panama pill" or the 1904 2 1/2 centesimos which is only 1.25 grams and 10mm in diameter. Original mintage of 400k, and yet they are still common in pretty much all grades. As for the 1/12 anna coins, they are very common and often offered in mint state in bulk lots for just a couple dollars each.
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Valued Member
Australia
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Thai-Vic wrote;
A friend of mine (British army background) who spent his early years in India would be be given a 1/12 anna to buy sweets and (if lucky) a 1/4 anna to buy a snack of pakoras. I heard back then that a 1/12 anna could buy 16 pies.  Edited by agandau
05/30/2014 04:03 am
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Valued Member
Australia
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Oops, meant to write 1/12 anna buys one pie.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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^ I see what ya did there :)
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Australia
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Uncirculated examples of the 1932 and 1933 seem to be the most common from what I've seen.
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