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Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 11/30/2018 04:10 am I will now move onto the George V Coinage from 1911-1936..An easy series to collect with very few variants... The year set I'm going to present is 1919.. George V was crowned on June 22nd 1911 following the death of his father Edward VII. The engraver was Sir Edgar Bertram Mackenna (1863-1931) an Australian sculptor and medallist who won the commission for the obverse design of the monarch's head on the new coinage from 1911 and also the English postage stamps depicting the kings portrait. In 1921 he became the first Australian born artist to be knighted. He died suddenly in 1931 in Torquay Devon England, as it happens not far from where I grew up.. Well it all started off badly! The coins minted in 1911 were known as PIG coins, they were called this because of the depiction of a small elephant on the kings robe. This potrayal was thought to resemble a pig rather than an elephant. This offended some of the religious factions at the time and so these coins were withheld, alot being melted down, and in 1912 a new redesigned elephant obverse was used. The denominations minted in 1911 were One Rupee, Half Rupee, Quarter Rupee, Two Annas and 1/4 Anna. ...Here are the 2 representations - pig or elephant? Lets start with the smallest denomination the 1/12 Anna = 1/192 INR..Bronze..1.65 g..17.4 mm diameter..Edge plain. Mintage of the 1/12 Anna didn't start until 1912.. Only 2 mints produced coins for George V and the mint dates for the 1/12 Anna are as follows.. Bombay....1923-1928........ 1936 Mint mark is a small raised dot below the date Calcutta..1912-1921....1923-1936 No Mintmark Note..As you can see there were no 1/12 Annas dated 1922.. Key date was 1926 Calcutta with the lowest Mintage 4,147,200... See example mintmark/No mintmark below.. Here's my example.. 1/12 Anna..1919 Calcutta....Mintage 17,472,000....KM-509 Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 11/30/2018 06:48 am Very nice info Paul! Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 11/30/2018 9:57 pm 1927 British India. One quarter Anna. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 01:49 am Quote: Very nice info Paul ...Thanks scopru... Nice coin Dorado showing the Bombay mint dot just below the date. Mintage was 12,439,656. Thanks for posting ..Paul Report this Post to the Staff
Arkie Pillar of the Community United States 2637 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 2:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 5:39 pm Arkies 1st coin..... 1917 2 Annas Calcutta. Km#515 Mintage 25,559,561 There are two types of 2 Annas coins in the George V series... The first series ran from 1911-1917. These were minted from .917 silver...Km# 515..Arkies coin is the last of this series.. Then in 1918, due to the increase in the price of silver caused by the 1st world war, a new cupro-nickel Quadrangular 2 Annas coin was released...KM# 516...This type continued until the end of his reign in 1936...See examples below. Edited by Palouche 12/01/2018 5:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 6:38 pm Nice 2nd coin Arkie! This is the key date coin for this Rupee series....Lowest mintage of only 2,051,150 1 Rupee 1922 Bombay (dot below bottom flower) KM#524 Interestingly this is the last year of mintage for circulation of George V Rupees.There were however Proof coins minted in 1935 and 1936... Arkies 3rd coin ... 1 Rupee 1916 Calcutta (No mintmark) KM#524..Mintage 116,000,210 Thanks for sharing your coins...Paul Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 12/01/2018 8:27 pm Quote: Nice coin Dorado showing the Bombay mint dot just below the date. Mintage was 12,439,656. Thanks for posting ..Paul You are welcome! Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/02/2018 08:00 am The next denomination is the 1/2 Pice KM# 510. This will be a short post as these are an easy denomination to collect... 1/2 Pice = 21mm diameter..2.4gr...Edge Plain...Bronze.. Minted only at Calcutta each year from 1912-1936 no mintmark...(No 1911 Pig coin was minted) Key date coin 1925 with lowest mintage 3,980,800... Here is my scraggy old 1/2 Pice coin of 1919 KM# 510....Have kept this one for many years..sentimental reasons...Paul Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/03/2018 5:45 pm Next up is the 1/4 Anna...KM# 511/512... 1/4 Anna = 1 Pice....25mm diameter..4.85gr..Edge Plain..Bronze.. First minted at Calcutta in 1911 KM# 511...These coins were known as Pig coins, due to the small elephant design on the kings robe supposedly resembling a pig...Although the mintage number was high, at just under 56 million, a lot of these date coins were melted down....Minting commenced again in 1912 with new dies depicting a true to life elephant ...Here are some photo comparisons, see what you think?... From 1912 the Mints and dates are as follows... Calcutta..1912-1914...1916-1920...1925-1931...1933-1936....No Mintmark. Bombay....1924-1928...1930.....1936...Mintmark is a small raised dot just below the date. As you can see above no coins (for circulation) were dated 1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1932..Although there were some Proof coins.. The key date coin is 1916 with the lowest mintage 1,632,000 There is one variation (That I know of) in this series, apart from the Pig coin. The 1930 Bombay coin had two date types, a wide and narrow type...See Ref below.. Here is my example 1919 Calcutta 1/4 Anna KM# 512 Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 12/03/2018 5:56 pm Nice post Paul. I think the 1936 elephant in your pics looks like a rhinoceros. Also the 1919 example you posted it really a beautiful coin Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/04/2018 03:52 am Thanks scopru.. Quote: I think the 1936 elephant in your pics looks like a rhinoceros. Yep...There are some strange looking elephants out there! The more you look at, the more abstract they can become... One of the reasons I bought the 1919 1/4 Anna was the lovely detail of the elephant...If you zoom in you'll see this one actually is a very good representation of an elephant clearly showing the ear...Paul Report this Post to the Staff
Director Valued Member United States 123 Posts	Posted 12/04/2018 04:51 am Nice coins everyone! Here are some of my graded Gem coins (including a brockage) from George V. 1913 1/4 Rupee - Bombay Mint 1919 1 Rupee - Bombay Mint 1918 1 Rupee - Bombay Mint George V Rupee - Mint Error - Obverse Brockage 1927 Half Rupee - Calcutta Mint 1911 Rupee Obverse - Calcutta Mint - Where the Elephant appears to be a Pig! 1911 Rupee Reverse - Calcutta Mint Edited by Director 12/04/2018 06:10 am Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 12/04/2018 07:29 am Very nice group Director. Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 12/04/2018 07:57 am Beautiful group! I really like the Brockage coin.. I was hoping you'd post something, looking at your avatar, I thought you might have a few tucked away...Thanks for sharing ...Paul Report this Post to the Staff
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