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The East India Company's Presidency Series ended in 1835 when the Company unified its coinage and started issuing coins in the British style featuring the bust of the
sovereign on the obverse. Then, in 1858, when the British government took over the administration of the EIC's dominions in India and formally named India part of the British
Empire, the coinage switched to the Imperial Series.
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British India, Imperial Series |
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Edward VII AE 1/4 anna, 1906
Weight: 6.30 gm. Diameter: 25 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Bare head of king right, legend at left: Edward VII, and at right: King & Emperor
Within a dotted, circular border, legend: One Quarter Anna / India 1906, wreath around
Reference: KM 502, MNI 2017
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Edward VII AE 1/2 pice, 1908
Weight: 2.35 gm. Diameter: 21 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Bare head of king right, legend at left: Edward VII, and at right: King & Emperor
Within a dotted, circular border, legend: 1/2 Pice / India 1908, wreath around
Reference: KM 500, MNI ---
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Edward VII AE 1/12 anna, 1910
Weight: 1.62 gm. Diameter: 17 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Bare head of king right, legend at left: Edward VII, and at right: King & Emperor
Within a dotted, circular border, legend: 1/12 Anna / India 1910, wreath around
Reference: KM 500, MNI ---
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George V Silver rupee, 1918
Weight: 11.56 gm. Diameter: 31 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Crowned bust of king left, legend around: George V King Emperor
Within circle, One Rupee India 1918, wreath around
Reference: KM 524, MNI 2021
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George V Cu-Ni 2-annas, Calcutta mint, 1918
Weight: 5.71 gm. Dimensions: 21 x 21 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Within circular border, crowned bust of king left, legend around:
George V King Emperor, flower above, date at left and right: 19 / 18,
"India" below
Within square, denomination "2 annas" in English,
surrounded by the same in 4 Indian languages:
Tamil (below), Hindi (left), Urdu (above) and Bengali (right)
Reference: KM 516, MNI 2027
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George V AE 1/4 anna, 1936
Weight: 4.76 gm. Diameter: 25 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Crowned bust of king left, legend around: George V King Emperor
Within a dotted, circular border, legend: One Quarter Anna / India 1936, wreath around
Reference: KM 512, MNI 2030
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George VI Nickel 1/2 rupee, 1947
Weight: 5.68 gm. Diameter: 24 mm Die axis: 12 o'clock
Crowned head of king left, legend around: George VI King Emperor
Roaring tiger striding left on a ground line, denomination Half Rupee
in Hindi, English and Urdu around, legend below: India 1947
Reference: KM 553, MNI 2041
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The last coinage of British India, issued the year of Indian and Pakistani independence.
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