Summary
1 Rupee, Issued by India, 1862 (frozen date with 7 year dots on reverse)
Minted by Bombay Mint
Obverse Description
Crowned and robed bust of the queen facing left; around VICTORIA QUEEN
Reverse Description
Within entwined scrollwork of Indian flora, ONE / RUPEE / INDIA / 1862; seven small dots around flower below date
Edge Description
Milled
Significance
Pridmore records the following attributed to the Times of India but does not record the date (presumably in 1874): 'The Bombay mint adopted the plan of adding dots to its dies in order to indicate the exact year of coining, for between 1862 and 1874 there was no change in the date of the rupee issue. Thus one dot denoted that the rupee was a Bombay one of the year 1863 and eleven dots that it was made in 1873'
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Date Issued
1862 AD
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Issued By
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Mint
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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
30 mm (Outside Diameter), 11.57 g (Weight)
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Shape
Round
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References
KM#472 Pridmore 87
[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
