British Indian and Mughal Coins

Albert Frederick Arthur George was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 1936 to 1952. He was familiar as George VI. He was concurrently the last Emperor of British Raj in 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 1947, only Bombay mint half Rupee was minte...

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. Calcutta was developed around Fort William, was the capital of the Bengal Presidency. The Governor of Bengal was concurrently the Viceroy of India for many years and Calcutta was the de facto capital of India until 1911. 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. Silver half rupee of Bengal Presidency with the name of Shah Alam II was minted on 1830. Weight was 5.5g~6.5g with a diameter of 22....

Albert Frederick Arthur George was familiar as George VI. He was the King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 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 Anna was minted in Calcutta, Bombay and Lahore. Nickel-Brass half Anna was minted from 1942 to 1945 and Copper-Nickel half Anna was minted on 1946 and 1947, last two years of British Raj in India. Shape was square with rounded corner. Edge was plain. Obverse was crowned head of the king facing left. It was surrounded by the lettering of the legend GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR within a serrated circle. INDIA AN1/2NA Year was within an ornamental square was at Reverse. Value of the coin was expressed in four different languages, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu and Nagari at four corners of the Reverse. It was found from different sources that half Anna was minted only in Calcutta on 1943. I...