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Mumbai Mint has a state-of-the-art gold refining facility up to 999.9. Hyderabad Mint has electrolytic silver refining facility up to 999.9. Commemorative coins are made at Mumbai and Kolkata. Kolkata and Hyderabad have facilities for making medallions, too. The Noida mint was the first in the country to mint coins of stainless steel.
India Government Mint, Hyderabad was established in 1803 AD by Mir Akbar Ali Khan Sikander Jah, Asaf Jah III as a private mint and along with other private mints in the country. The mint produced Indian coins in the name of Emperor of India. Initially the mint was situated at Sultan Sahi in Moghalpura suburb of the Hyderabad city.
The next set of coins was minted in 1862 and had significant changes - East India Company was replaced by 'India'. The image of Queen Victoria was also changed, shown in a regal robe with a crown. In 1877, Victoria was declared the Empress of India - and her title on Indian coins changed as a result.
United States: Carson City Mint: 1870 1893 United States: Charlotte Mint: 1835 1861 United States: Dahlonega Mint: 1838 1861 United States: The Dalles Mint: 1869 1869 Partly constructed in 1869, but never completed United States: Engelhard [citation needed] 1868 1888 Ceased production of bullion products United States: New Orleans Mint: 1838 ...
The India Government Mint, Mumbai is one of the four mints in India and is in the city of Mumbai. The mint was established in 1824 by the then governor of the Bombay Presidency. [1] Its main activity is the production of commemorative and development-oriented coins. The mint is opposite the Reserve Bank of India in the Fort area of South Mumbai.
The Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Ltd. (SPMCIL) is an organization under the Coin and Currency Division of Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. It is responsible for conducting printing and minting activities for the Government of India. It is under the ownership of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
The India Government Mint, Kolkata was first established in 1757, [2] and was located in a building next to the Black Hole in the old fort – where the GPO (General Post Office) stands today. [3] It was called the Calcutta Mint and used to produce coins with the mint name Murshidabad .
Emergency issues, Princely states: During the 1940s, when mints were occupied for use in the war, an acute scarcity of small coins was felt throughout India. Princely states in Western India like Balvan , Bikaner , Bundi , Gondal , Indergadh , Junagadh , Jasdan , Kutch Mengni, Muli , Morvi , Mangrol , Nawanagar , Nawalgarh Palitana, Rajkot ...