Need Help Identifying Coins From Mughal India (I Think)

The Kutch coin is 1888AD

Just for your edification - on the reverse in the middle you see
the text string '1^^^'. That is the date in Arabic, the '^' converts to an 8.

alexgutmancoins to the forum.
I didn't know that they use the calendar. Thanx for the information

Indian coppers are notoriously tricky to track down. Often, the key distinguishing features have been either omitted from the design or are "off the flan" - These coins were struck from dies that were much larger than the blanks they were struck upon.

In this case, you're fortunate - a primary mintmark is present. On the side you've labelled "obverse" (which is, in fact, the obverse) just to the left of centre, there's a large symbol that looks kind of like a lowercase "Times New Roman" i, only with a bent base. This is the Overseer's mark of the Jodhpur mint from about 1936 to about 1940; you'll find coins like this listed in Krause under Indian States - Jodhpur, KM# 131-133 (Edward VIII) and 141-143 (George VI).

In this case, I can't see any trace of a date, and I think it's "George" rather than "Edward", so that makes it KM# 143.


I recall that the old Craig catalogue had a handy list of Indian States mintmarks - it sure saved a lot of the flipping you have to do with Krause nowadays. If anyone knows a website where someone's attemped to list these mintmarks, I'd be delighted to know.

I'm very glad to know what this coin is, but does anyone have a guess as to the grade? Thanks!