Saturday, October 20, 2012

BRITISH INDIA SILVER COINS

1/4 Rupee - George VI - India - British 1940
India 1903 King Edward VII 1 Rupee Coin
 1905 King Edward 1Rupee silver coin

one rupee silver coin of king edward vii of year 1906

1909  british india  1 rs silver coin  edward vii
 
British India George VI 1943 1/4 Rupee Silver Coin
Year: 1943. Weight: 2.82g. Mint: lucknow Mintage: 90,994,571.
Sans Serif style lettering with star like lotus (dot in lotus is surrounded by irregular circle). Large rim decoration. Small second head. Reeded edge. This coin also exists in Serif lettering with and without star like lotus.
                                    British India George VI 1945 1/4 Rupee Silver Coin
Year: 1945. Weight: 2.82g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 181,648,000 (including large 5 in date).
Note: This coin has dot below the star like lotus. San Serif style lettering. Large rim decoration. Small second head. Security edge.
 George king emperor half rupee india 1912

George v king emperor 1914 silver coin

British india one rupee silver coin of king george v 1918
Victoria queen 1/4 rupee 1840

              Country                   India- British
    Year                         1840
                   Value                       ¼ Rupee {1/4}
               Metal                      Silver (.917)
     Weight                    2.92 g
                                Engraver                 William Wyon (obverse)
      Shape                     Round
                   Orientation             Medal alignment
Demonetized          Yes
George king emperor half rupee india 1940
Year: 1940. Weight: 2.85g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 28,946,956.
Serif style lettering with not star like lotus (dot in lotus is surrounded by a regular circle). Small rim decoration. Large second head. Reeded edge
Note: Just for reference, Calcutta mintage: 68,674,901. 
Quarter Rupee. Weight: 2.91g. Metal: 0.500 Silver. Diameter: 19.5 mm. Edge: Reeded. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: The legend within a single line circle: 1/4 RUPEE INDIA with date. Surrounded by a saracenic (designating, characterizing, or relating to Muslim art or architecture) scroll composed of conventional representations of a rose, thistle and shamrock. At the top and bottom are different representations of the Indian lotus flower. San Serif style lettering with star like lotus. All this is within another plain circle that is in turn within a raised, decorative-toothed border. Large rim decoration. Reverse: Crowned head of the King facing left surrounded by the legend: GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR. All within a raised, decorative-toothed border. Small second head, low relief with short trefoils in crown. Mintage Years: Kolkata (Calcutta): 1942-1943.
Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark.
                      George king emperor 1/4 rupee india 1919                         
George king emperor one rupee india 1944
 Year: 1944. Weight: 11.50g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 146,206,000 (including Reverse B).
Second Small Head, low relief with large rim decoration. Short trefoils in crown with 0.500 silver fineness. San Serif lettering. Security edge. Smaller legends.
Reverse B type have Serif lettering with Six-leaf lotus.
1 Rupee Silver Coin of 1871,1873,1877  Victoria Emperor 
1889,1895. Two Annas Coin of Victoria Empress

 
Queen Victoria Silver Coin 1889
1921-SIX-PENCE-GEORGIVS-V-DEI-GRA-BRITT-

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