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Hallmark On Half Sovereign

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I have a 1874 Gold half Sovereign, with an Indian mintmark, however my searching has found no half sovereigns minted at that date in India. Can somebody please help me.

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Can you post some images? What is the mintmark specifically?
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mintmark on 1874 half sovereign is 'I
Will post images when available, thanks for reply.
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Well I think half sovereigns were only struck in London in 1874, and no half sovereigns were struck in India at all.
Is there a shield on the side opposite Queen Victoria?
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1874 half sovereign has young Queen Victoria Head.
Have tried to download photo but having trouble (new to this type of thing).
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Yes has shield on reverse side.
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Where exactly is this "mintmark"? If it is directly below the shield, that's not a mintmark, that's the die number.
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Yes it directly below the shield, in the same place as you would have 's' if minted in sydney, or 'M' if it was minted in Melbourne.... it has totally confused me....so where do you think this coin might be minted?
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London. There's some information about die numbers here: http://www.goldsovereigns.co.uk/dienumbers.html
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Thanks for info, much appreciated
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