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The one rupee coin, struck at the Bombay mint, has 2 dots below the top flower and 0 dots above the bottom flower (2/0). Currency and proof issues of the 1862 dated rupee coins have a number of different obverse and reverse die varieties, which are helpful in identification of the mint. The design of the coin, however, remained largely unchanged.
English: 1 rupee coin, 1840 - British India, East India Company, Queen Victoria. Silver 917 tests, diameter 30.5 mm, weight 11.55 g. Silver 917 tests, diameter 30.5 mm, weight 11.55 g. Mint of the city of Bombay or Kolkata
In 1862, new one rupee coins were issued, were known as the Regal issue, bore the bust of Queen Victoria on the obverse and "India" minted on the reverse side. [8] From 1862 to 1939 AD, one rupee coins were minted from 91.7% silver, weighed 11.66 grams (179.9 grains), had a diameter of 30.78 millimetres (1.212 in) and thickness of 1.9 ...
1840 East India Company Rupee coin depicting Queen Victoria. It was minted in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. 1 Indian rupee (1918) featuring King George V. Uniform coinage was introduced in India by the British in 1835, with coins in the name of the East India Company, bearing the image of William IIII.
The new coins had the effigy of William IV on the obverse and the value on the reverse in English and Persian. The coins issued after 1840 bore the portrait of Queen Victoria. The first coinage under the crown was issued in 1862 and in 1877 Queen Victoria assumed the title the Empress of India. The gold silver ratio widened during 1870–1910 ...
The name of William Wyon is well known among coin and medal collectors because of his prodigious output and artistic skill. He designed the second and third effigies of George IV , the effigy of William IV in 1830, working from the bust by Sir Francis Chantrey , [ 8 ] and "The Young Head", which graced Victoria's coinage from 1838 to 1860 on ...
A block of 1887 Travancore revenue stamps depicting Queen Victoria. Malayalam letters on old Travancore Rupee coin In Travancore, the caste system was more rigorously enforced than in many other parts of India up to the mid-1800s.
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days—which was longer than those of any of her predecessors —constituted the Victorian era .