Denominations of British India Coins :

During the British Rule in India, coins were issued between 1835 to 1947.
The coins were issued between 1835-1858 under the authority of East India Company and the coins were issued between 1862 and 1947 known as the Imperial issues were under the authority of The British Crown.

Coins issued between 1835 and 1947 bear obverse portrait of the crowned emperor/queen/empress of England.

British India coins were minted from the following three mints.

1) Madras Mint (Closed in 1867)
2) Bombay Mint
3) Calcutta Mint

The composition of the coins issued during the British era contains copper, nickel, brass, silver, and gold.

coinage during William IV –

In 1835, the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (One Pie), one quarter anna, half anna, quarter rupee, half rupee, one rupee, one mohur and two mohur.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	One Quarter Anna	Half Anna	Quarter Rupee	Half Rupee	One Rupee	One Mohur	Two Mohur
Year	1835	1835	1835	1835	1835	1835	1835	1835

Coinage during Queen Victoria/Victoria Empress –

From 1840 to 1858 the following denomination coins were issued:

quarter rupee(Four Annas), half rupee, one rupee and one mohur.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	Half Pice	Quarter Anna	Half Anna	Two Annas	Quarter Rupee	Half Rupee	One Rupee	One Mohur
Year	1848	1853	1858	1845	1841	1840	1840	1840	1840

 

And from 1862 to 1876 the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (One Pie), one-quarter anna, half anna, two annas, quarter rupee (Four Annas), one rupee, five rupees, ten rupees and one mohur.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	One Quarter Anna	Quarter Anna	Half Anna	Two Anna	Quarter Rupee	One Rupee	Five Rupees	Ten Rupees	One Mohur
Year	1862 1876	1862 1874 1875 1876	1858	1862	1862	1862 1875 1876	1862 1874 1875 1876

And from 1877 to 1901 the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (One Pie), half pice, one quarter anna, two annas, quarter rupee (Four Annas), half rupee (Eight Annas), one rupee and one mohur.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	1/2 Pice	One Quarter Anna	Two Annas	Quarter Rupee	Half Rupee	One Rupee	One Mohur
Year	1886 1887 1889 1891 1893 1894 1895 1897 1899	1887 1890 1894 1895 1898 1900	1882 1884 1886 1887 1890 1892 1893 1894 1897 1899 1901	1887 1890 1897 1898	1882 1888	1899	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1897 1898 1900 1901

Coinage during Edward VII –

From 1903 to 1910 the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (One Pie), half pice, one quarter anna (one pice), one anna, two annas, quarter rupee (Four Annas), half rupee (Eight Annas) and one rupee.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	1/2 Pce	One Quarter Anna	One Anna	Two Annas	Quarter Rupee	Half Rupee	One Rupee
Year	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910	1903 1904 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910	1907 1908 1909 1910	1904 1905 1906 1907 1910	1903 1905 1907 1910	1906 1909	1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910

Coinage during George V –

From 1911 to 1936 the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (One Pie), half pice, one quarter anna (one pice), one anna, two annas, quarter rupee(Four Annas),
Half rupee (Eight Annas), one rupee and fifteen rupees.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	1/2 Pice	Quarter Anna	One Anna	Two Anna	Quarter Rupee (Four Annas)	Half Rupee (Eight Annas)	One Rupee	Fifteen Rupees
Year	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936	1911 1912 1913 1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1933 1934 1935 1936	1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1933 1934 1935 1936	1912 1913 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1933 1934 1935 1936	1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1919 (Four Annas) 1920 (Four Annas) 1921 (Four Annas) 1928 1929 1936	1914 1916 1917 1918 1919 1919 (Eight Annas) 1921 1922 1924 1925 1926 1928 1933 1934 1936	1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922

Coinage during George VI –

From 1938 to 1947, the following denomination coins were issued:
1/12 anna (one pie), half pice, one quarter anna (one pice), 1/2 anna, one anna, two annas, quarter rupee (Four Annas), Half rupee (Eight Annas), and one rupee.

Denominations	1/12 Anna	1/2 Pice	Quarter Anna (1 Pice)	1/2 Anna	One Anna	Two Annas	Quarter Rupee	Half Rupee	One Rupee
Year	1939 1941 1942	1938 1939 1940	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1947	1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947	1939 1940 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947	1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1947

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