The ANTIQUE Coins of British India King George V (1911-1936)

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The ANTIQUE Coins of British India King George
V(1911-1936)
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¼ Rupee ½ Rupee Silver Coins

• King Edward VII died on May 6, 1910 and was taken
  after to the position of royalty by his son King
  George V, who had his coronation on June 22,
  1911. So, Antique Indian Coins were minted in
  India with the image of King George V from 1911
  to 1936. Because of the increase in the cost of
  silver caused by World War I (1914-1918) the
  silver 1/2 Rupee, 1/4 Rupee and 2 Annas were
  ceased and new cupro-nickel coins introduced (8
  Annas, 4 Annas, 2 Anna) to join the cupro-nickel
  1 Anna coin). These new coins were not famous,
  however, so the 8 Anna and 4 Anna coins were
  ceased shortly after introduction. The 1/4 Rupee
  and 1/2 Rupee silver coins quickly continued
  production.

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Interesting story about Pig Rupee

• On the 1911 issues of the Rupee, Half Rupee,
  Quarter Rupee, Two Annas and 1/4 Anna the King is
  shown wearing a robe with a small elephant on it.
  This elephant was thought to look a pig with the
  trunk appearing to be a pig snout and the short
  legs not appearing very elephant-like. This
  angered the religious sensibilities of numerous
  people, so most of the Rupees minted for 1911
  were withheld from distribution and later melted.
  The 1912 Antique coins of India had a new updated
  elephant.

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One Rupee (1911-1936)

• The Rupee was minted in both Calcutta and Bombay.
  There is no mint mark for Calcutta. The Bombay
  issues have a small dot turn around under the
  lavish close to the base of the coin .The
  elephant on the Kings robe was the first year of
  issue (1911) which was considered to resemble a
  pig, thus the variety is known as the "pig rupee"
  . This variant is also on the 1/2 Rupee, the 1/4
  Rupee, the 2 Annas and the 1/4 Anna coins. The
  elephant figure was updated with its design and
  this plan was used on all issues starting in 1912.

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One Rupee Coin
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8 Annas - Copper-Nickel (1919-1920)

• 8 Annas coin was introduced in 1919 to replace
  the silver Half Rupee, due to the expanded cost
  of silver. It wasn't very famous, though, and
  because of this and an extensive number of fakes,
  it was stopped in 1920 and pulled back from
  course (it stopped to be legitimate delicate in
  October 1924). In 1920 it was delivered just at
  the Bombay mint.

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8 Annas Coin
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