India 1944(b) 1/4 rupee

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from the Mountain Groan Collection
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The quarter rupee was struck for George VI 1943-45 at Calcutta, Lahore and Bombay. It is about the size of a dime but had 5¢ worth of silver. The 1944 is common. The dot below the lotus flower marks this as a product of the Bombay mint.

Recorded mintage: 170,504,000 at Bombay plus 86,400,000 at Lahore.

Specification: 2.92 g, 0.500 fine silver, 19 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 547.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • Stevens, Paul, and Randy Weir, The Uniform Coinage of India, 1835 to 1947, A Catalogue and Pricelist, London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2012.

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