British Indian and Mughal Coins

Albert Frederick Arthur George was the King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 to 1952. He was familiar as George VI. George VI was the last Emperor of British India until August 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved. During the period of George VI, quarter rupees were minted in Calcutta, Bombay and Lahore. It was pure Silver on 1939, 50% fine Silver on 1940 and 1942 to 1945, and Nickle on 1946 and 1947. Diameter was between 19.0mm and 19.5mm. On 1943, quarter rupees were minted in Calcutta, Bombay and Lahore. Edge of Calcutta minted quarter rupees were milled. There was dot and diamond varieties of Bombay minted quarter rupees on 1943 with security edge. Diameter, thickness and weight of diamond was slightly greater than dot varieties. There were raised L in Lahore minted quarter rupees with both milled and security edges. Also, there were large ‘3’ type Lahore minted quarter rupees. However, I found a Brass quarter rupee of 1943. It w...

Bengal Province of the British Empire in India which were previously the Presidency of Fort William was familiar as the Bengal Presidency. It covered large parts of what is now South Asia and Southeast Asia at the pick of its territorial jurisdiction. Ali Gohar familiar as Shah Alam II was the seventeenth Mughal Emperor. He was the son of Alamgir II. He became the emperor of a crumbling Mughal empire. His 1 st reign was from10 October 1760 to 31 July 1788 and 2 nd reign was from 16 October 1788 to 19 November 1806. Both semi machine struck and machine struck coins were minted during the period of Shah Alam II in Bengal Presidency. Machine struck silver quarter rupee of 1831 were minted with the name of Farrukhabad. The mint name on the coin was Farrukhabad, but these coins were also struck in Calcutta from 1831 to 1833 with crescent mint mark. Weight was around 2.9g with a diameter of around 16.5mm and thickness around 1.4mm. But I found a copper quarter rupee with a weight of 2....

Albert Edward was the Emperor of British India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910. He was also the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions during that period. He was familiar as King Edward VII. He was the elder son of Queen Victoria. He ascended the throne after her death on 1901. The Edward VII series of coins of India are dated from 1903 to 1910. Quarter annas during his period was minted only in Calcutta. Quarter annas were copper from 1903 to 1906 and bronze from 1906 to 1910. It was found from different books that, quarter annas of 1908 was only bronze with a diameter around 25.5mm, weight around 4.85g and thickness around 1.5mm. Edge of the coin was plain. But I found comparatively small quarter annas of 1908 with lighter weight as below photos. Diameter was found around 24.9mm with thickness of around 1.0mm and weight 3.99g. Letters were comparatively thick. Outer edge at both reverse and obverse were comparatively thicker than...

George Frederick Ernest Albert, familiar as George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 6 May 1910 until his death on 1936. He was born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Silver half rupees were minted from 1911 to 1936 during the period of George V. Silver half rupees were minted in Calcutta and Bombay. Half rupees were circular in shape.   On 1936, half rupees were minted in Calcutta and Bombay with milled edge. Bombay mint had a raised dot below the bottom lotus flower and Calcutta mint had not dot. I found a half rupee of 1936 with broken “3” as below figure. But the coin was on good condition. It was Calcutta minted.

George Frederick Ernest Albert, familiar as George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 6 May 1910 until his death on 1936. He was born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. Silver two annas was minted from 1911 to 1917 and Copper-nickel from 1918 to 1936 during the period of George V. Both Silver and Copper-nickel two annas was minted in Calcutta and Bombay. Silver two annas were circular in shape. Copper-nickel two annas were rectangular with round corner and plain edge. On 1920 Copper-nickel two annas were in rectangular shape 21.4mm x 21.4mm, with a weight around 5.72g. Thickness was around 1.8mm. Followed by the references of different books on British Indian coinage, two annas were minted only in Calcutta on 1920. There was no mint mark for Calcutta. But I found a Copper-nickel two annas of 1920 as below photos with a dimension of 20.9mm x 20.9mm but weig...

Albert Frederick Arthur George familiar as George VI was the King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952. He was concurrently the last Emperor of India until August 1947, when the British Raj was dissolved. During the period of George VI, half Rupee was minted in Calcutta, Bombay and Lahore in 0.917 silver, 0.500 silver and Nickel with a reeded edge and later a security edge. Standard weight was around 5.7g to 5.9g and diameter 24.0mm to 24.4mm. Edge was milled from 1938 to 1940 and 1946 to 1947; and security edge was from 1941 to 1945. There was no mint mark for Calcutta. The Bombay issues have a small dot or diamond on the reverse under the ornate (the lotus flower) near the bottom of the coin. The Lahore mint used a small "L" in the same position. When the composition switched to Nickel in 1946 a completely different reverse (an Indian tiger) was introduced. On 1946, only Bombay mint half Rupee ...

Albert Edward commonly known as King Edward VII was the elder son of Queen Victoria. He ascended the throne after her death on 1901. The Edward VII series of coins of India are dated from 1903 to 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 th...