Four Dots One Rupee of King Edward VII in 1904

King Edward VII, elder son of Queen Victoria ascended the throne after her death on 1901. The Edward VII series of coins of India are dated1903-1910. The Rupee of King Edward VII was minted in both Calcutta and Bombay. There was no mint mark for Calcutta, but the Bombay issues had a small incuse "B" (the 1903 Rupee also had a raised "B" variety). The incuse "B" mint mark is too small to see, but there is a second, more prominent mark, a "dot" on the stem of the lotus-bud (lower right on reverse). According to the book of D. Chakravarty, "Coins of India", this was intentional. He said, "Since the 'dot' itself was found adequate to distinguish the products of the mint, and there was no need to have a conspicuous mint-mark, as an incuse 'B', from 1906 onward there was apparently an attempt to erase the 'B', but not very successfully." Various traces of the 'B' may be seen but use the 'dot' on the lotus-bud stem to identify the mint.

There was an interesting (and scarce) variety on the reverse of some 1903 (C) Rupees. The normal configuration of five dots was missing the lower dot. The explanation seems to be that the engraver was not familiar with Persian script, so he made a mistake and left out one dot. This was soon rectified, so this rare error exists only on the first year of issue.

Now I would like to discuss about a four dots rupee of 1904. Earlier three dots and five dots rupee was found as below photos. But I found a four dots rupee of 1904.


Below photos of four dots rupee of 1904 was found. Both obverse and reverse are shown in below figure.


Below comparison of five dots and four dots coin can make it clear the existence of four dot coins in 1904. Also, it can be an error. Generally, dots are downward from right to left sides in a five dots coin. If we draw line in four dots coin, now additional symbol found at downward. Also, an empty space was found at top corner of fourth dot from left in four dots coin.


There has more to study for similar coin of 1904 rupee. It was really a good finding from my end. Earlier three dots rupee of 1903 was considered as a mistake from engraver. But this four dots coin of 1904 will add additional value on that findings.

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