Summary
2 Annas, Issued by India, 1862
Mint uncertain
Obverse Description
Crowned and robed bust of the queen facing left; around VICTORIA QUEEN (inverted V at centre of bust truncation)
Reverse Description
Within entwined scrollwork of Indian flora, TWO / ANNAS / INDIA / 1862
Edge Description
Milled
Significance
Attribution of the 2 anna coins to mint that produced them is through the diameter of the coins. Pridmore (p.137) reports 15.3 or 15.4 mm are from Calcutta; 15.7 to 15.9 are from Bombay; and 16.0 are from Madras. These attributions are derived from issues from the mid 1870s from the Bombay mint which bear a mint mark of a bead and have this diameter.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mr Robert Edwards - Museum of Victoria, 24 May 1984
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Date Issued
1862 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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Artist
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Denomination
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Series
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Material
Silver
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Axis
12
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Classification
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Dimensions
1.43 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
KM#469 Pridmore 485
[Book] Pridmore, Fred. 1980. The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 4, India. 2.
[Book] Bruce, Colin R. 2006. Standard Catalogue of World Coins 1801 - 1900.
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Keywords
British Commonwealth Coins, British Commonwealth and Empire Coins
