Four Dots One Rupee of King Edward VII in 1907

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 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.

Earlier I found a four dots rupee of 1904. Again, I found a four dot one rupee of 1907. Alignment of four dot of 1907 was quite similar of 1904.

Below photos of four dots rupee of 1904 and 1907 were found. Both obverse and reverse are shown in below figure.

There has more to study for similar four dot rupee of Edward VII. It was really an interesting finding. These four dots coin of 1904 and 1907 will add additional value for further research. But there was a familiar four dots variety on the reverse of some 1903 (C) Rupees. But dot patterns were different.