British Indian and Mughal Coins

Alexandrina Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death on 1901. She was commonly known as Queen Victoria. Her reign is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. During the reign of Victoria Queen, coins mintages are divided in four eras. 1840 to 1850 was continuous legend under East India Company. Coins with continuous legend refer to the legend VICTORIA QUEEN running continuously over the Queen’s head. 1850 to 1860 was divided legend under East India Company. Coins with divided legend on Obverse VICTORIA QUEEN is divided by Queen’s head. The direct rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent started on 1958 was the British Raj was lasted up to 1947. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered by the ...

George Frederick Ernest Albert, familiar as George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910 to 1936. He was born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. During the reign of George V, silver half Rupee was minted from 1911 to 1919, 1921 to 1930, 1933, 1934 and 1936 with milled edge. It was minted in Calcutta and Bombay. Also, copper-nickel 8 annas (1/2 Rupees) were minted on 1919 and 1920 in circular shape and plain edge. On 1934, half Rupee was minted only in Calcutta. Diameter was around 24.5 mm, thickness 1.4mm and average weight 5.75g. But I found comparatively small half Rupee of 1934. Diameter was 23.9mm, thickness 1.4mm and significant lower weight of 4.75g. lots of scratches found on this half Rupee with comparatively bad conditions. But obverse and reverse of this small half Rupee was looks like similar as common half Rupee of 1934.

George Frederick Ernest Albert commonly known as George V was the King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910 to 1936. He was born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria. He was the second son of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. During the reign of George V, quarter Anna was minted from 1911 to 1914, 1916 to 1920, 1924 to 1931 and 1933 to 1934. Material was Copper with plain edge and minted in Calcutta and Bombay. On 1936, quarter Anna was minted in both Calcutta and Bombay. There was a raised dot below the center of the year for Bombay mint and Calcutta mint was without dot. Diameter was around 25.5 mm, thickness 1.4mm and average weight 4.85g. But I found comparatively small quarter Anna of 1936 without dot. Diameter was 25.0mm, thickness 1.0mm and weight 4.07g. Golden colour materials of this quarter Anna looks like Brass. But obverse and reverse of this quarter Anna is similar as Calcutta mint Copper quarter Anna of 1936.

George Frederick Ernest Albert commonly known as George V was 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. During the period of George V; Rupee was minted from 1911 to 1922. Rupee was minted in both Calcutta and Bombay from 1911 to 1920 and only Bombay 0n 1921 and 1922. Edge was milled with an average weight of 11.6g. dimensions varies from 30.5mm to 30.8mm. A raised dot was below the bottom flower in Bombay mint but there was no dot in Calcutta mint Rupee. But I found a silver Rupee of 1914 with a dimension of 30mm and weight was only 9.35g. It has no dot below the bottom flower like Calcutta mint Rupee of 1914. Obverse, reverse and edge are almost same except weight and diameter. Weight is almost 2.2g less than regular Rupee of 1914.

Alexandrina Victoria commonly known as Queen Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837 until her death on 1901. Her 63 years long reign is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. During the reign of Victoria Queen, coins mintages are divided in four eras. 1840 to 1850 was continuous legend under East India Company. Coins with continuous legend refer to the legend VICTORIA QUEEN running continuously over the Queen’s head. 1850 to 1860 was divided legend under East India Company. Coins with divided legend on Obverse VICTORIA QUEEN is divided by Queen’s head. The direct rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent started on 1958 was the British Raj was lasted up to 1947. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage and included areas directly administered b...