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Continuing with the 1907 set the next up is the silver 1/4 Rupee = 4 Annas. 1/4 Rupee...19.5mm diameter...2.90 grams...Edge reeded...Silver .917...KM#506 The 1/4 Rupee was only minted at Calcutta with no mintmark.. 1903-1910.....Note the 1909 date was only proof minted.. Key date 1905 with lowest mintage 6,299,742 Here is mine really nicely toned... Calcutta Mint ..Mintage 11,464,000..KM#506  |
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Here is mine really nicely toned... Looks nice! I love the circulation cameo.  |
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Very nice Paul. Glad to see another post in this thread from you. Edited by scopru
03/21/2019 07:39 am
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Thanks jbuck and scopru! The next 1907 denomination is the silver 1/2 Rupee = 8 Annas 24mm diameter..5.8 gr..Edge reeded...0.917 silver...KM#507 The 1/2 Rupee was minted at both Bombay and Calcutta.. Bombay....1906-1907 and 1910..........Mintmark incuse B in the crown.See detail below. Note. In the 1910 an incuse and raised B type are referenced. Calcutta..1904(proof only)..1905-1910 no mint markKey date 1906 Bombay with lowest mintage 400,000..A rare coin!  Here's my example... 1/2 Rupee 1907 Bombay Mint.. Mintage 1,856,000 KM#507 Note..As you can see the initials of the engraver 'Des', below the obverse portrait, are no longer used.  Edited by Palouche
03/24/2019 4:50 pm
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@Palouche - are you using a microscope / camera combo on these?
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are you using a microscope / camera combo on these? No just a standard Canon camera with tripod on macro then I use Picaso to cut, zoom and add any text. One thing that works well for me is using the automatic 10 second timer as this alleviates any shake. Edited by Palouche
03/26/2019 06:49 am
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Last up of the 1907 denominations is the 1 Rupee = 16 Annas. One Rupee...31mm diameter..11.66gr...Edge reeded...Silver 0.917..KM#508 The One Rupee was minted at both Calcutta and Bombay... Calcutta...1903-1910 No mintmark Bombay.....1903-1910 'B'mintmark in crown and 'dot' on floating stem of Lotus. Key Date..Bombay 1909 with lowest mintage 9,538,750 Note on Mintmarks.... Bombay...The easiest way of deciphering the Bombay mint coin is the swollen bud (Dot) on the floating stem of the Lotus spree..The second mark is the incuse or raised 'B' in the crown. This can be more difficult to see especially from photos...The earlier dated coins are clearer but then start to become less pronounced to the point of looking like 2 dots or just a mark..See details below...  Here's my example...One Rupee..1907..Bombay Mint..Mintage 170,911,816...KM#508  |
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Ok here's my set of 1907 Edward VII (probably my favourite king)...Excuse the bad photography! 1/12 Anna..1/2 Pice..1/4 Anna..One Anna..1/4 Rupee..1/2 Rupee..One Rupee.. Just wanted to add.... I have thoroughly enjoyed building this set from scratch again, using my old references that I accrued many years ago, changing and cross referencing all the new data that has arisen, and have tried to make the attribution with the details of the coins as simple as possible..I really do hope that you've found this thread -so far- interesting and helpful?...Please feel free to post any British India Colonial coins that you have doubts about and I will happily try to help! Thanks for following Paul  |
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Ok here's my set of 1907 Edward VII (probably my favourite king) Excellent! |
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Oops! Forgot to add the pretty little 2 Annas... Here's the full 1907 set...  |
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Oops! Forgot to add the pretty little 2 Annas...
Here's the full 1907 set... Even better.  |
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Well there didn't seem to be much response to that .....  Anyhow next set I'll be running through is George VI 1946.. This is a year that I haven't collected before so it will be a nice learning curve for me aswell.  There are no silver coins in this set so they are a cheap and easy series to collect for those interested. George VI 1946 set.. Engraver was Percy Metcalfe.. First up is the 1/2 Anna = 1/32 INR... Here is one of my examples Bombay #535.1  Half Anna..17.3 X 17.3...2.90gr...Edge Plain..Cupro-Nickel..#535.1/#535.2 Value (2 Paisa) in 4 Indian languages outside border Urdu, Bengali, Telugu & Devnagari. The Half Anna was minted in 3 locations.. Bombay.....48,744,000..Mintmark see detail below.#535.1 Calcutta...75,159,000..Mintmark see detail below.#535.2 Lahore.....Are probably added into the Calcutta mintage. Note..There are no definite distinguishing details that can be used to differentiate between the Lahore and Calcutta mint.  |
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Just an addition to the previous post... I've been looking through a lot of 1946 1/2 Anna coins and have found 'I think' that the Bombay minted coins not only have the normal broken dashes either side of the date but also a diamond mark just below the 'N' of India. This diamond mark seems to only be consistant with the Bombay Mint. Whereas, on the Calcutta/Lahore minted coins this small diamond mark doesn't seem to exist? Just an observation..See below..  |
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Next up in the George VI 1946 set is the 1 Anna...#538 1 Anna = 21.0mm diameter (12 scallops)..3.9gr..Edge Plain..Cupro-Nickel.. Here are my 2 examples...  Mints.. Bombay....82,052,000....Mintmark small raised dot below date... Calcutta..100,820,000...No Mintmark... Lahore....48,792,000....?See below...  As per the 1/2 Anna differentiating between the Calcutta and Lahore mints seems to be a bit of a grey area!..The general concensus is as below and would make my coin example Lahore...  |
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Palouche some great posts since my last visit! The education in this thread continues to be fantastic. |
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