Seven Victorias

G'day, sounds like a fun weekend.
I collect Victoria's as well: I'm focussing on 1887 for the moment.

Quote: "On the 1887 1/4 Rupee, is the mint mark incuse or raised?"
My Question: where is the mintmark, please ?

Peter in Oz

Actually, the mint mark to which I am referring appears on teh reverse of the coin inside the elaborate flower beneath the date. In fact, I am now looking at my 1887 1/4 Rupee, and I see an incuse "C."

Here are pictures of the last two of the seven Victorias:

East India Company 1845 1 cent



Great Britain 1891 half penny

Very nice victorias! That 1845 EIC is really great looking.

Here is a pic of my 1887C 1/4 Rupee (I hope this pic is clear enough):



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Notice how at the base of the inner part of the Flower there is a very discernible "C." This is the incuse variety. You may have the raised version and the mint mark has worn off or was not well struck.

AH, I see. Well there were coins struck at both Calcutta and Bombay, and both had raised and incuse varieties. (Sorry, I should have been clearer about there being two mint marks for this date). As to the mint mark being above the date, that is just perplexing. I'm really not quite sure what to tell you since there was only one reverse type for this date, and the mint mark was usually just in the large flower beneath the date. I know the the mint marks were hand punched, so that can cause some variation in the exact placement within the flower, but its presence above the date is just odd. Maybe you've discovered a rare variety! haha

Recently I bought this 1900B British India 1 rupee silver coin featuring Queen Victoria.



The mint mark "B" is located in the flower directly above the "N" in ONE.

wow very nice coins.