Coins from British India

The British Raj was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent from 1858 to 1947. The rule is also called Crown rule or direct rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called British India or simply India in contemporaneous usage, and included are as directly administered by the United Kingdom, which were collectively called British India, and those ruled by indigenous rulers, but under British tutelage or paramountcy, and called the princely states. The whole was also informally called the Indian Empire (which consists of modern day India, Bangladesh and Pakistan). As India, it was a founding member of the League of Nations and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945. This system of governance was instituted on 28 June 1858, when, after the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria (who, in 1876, was proclaimed Empress of India). It lasted until 1947, when it was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states: the Dominion of India (later the Present-day Republic of India) and the Dominion of Pakistan. Their coinage was divided in two separate entities – local coinage in each area and british rupees and annas. The last being minted under the authority of the Honourable British East India Company and after Queen Victoria took rule.
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See also: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Portuguese India, Indian princely states, Mughal Empire

• Trade Coinage - Testern (1600-1601)
• East India Company rupee (1770-1862)
• Rupee (1777-1797)
• Rupee (1862-1947)
• Rupee (1540-1842)

Trade Coinage - Testern (1600-1601)

1 Testern - Elizabeth I
ND (1600-1601)
Silver (.925) • 3.4 g
KM# T1, Sp# 2607D, N# 124315

2 Testerns - Elizabeth I
ND (1600-1601)
Silver (.925) • 6.85 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# T2, Sp# 2607C, N# 90610

4 Testerns - Elizabeth I
ND (1600-1601)
Silver (.925) • 13.7 g • ⌀ 35 mm
KM# T3, Sp# 2607B, N# 90609

8 Testerns - Elizabeth I
ND (1600-1601)
Silver (.925) • 27.4 g • ⌀ 40 mm
KM# T4, Sp# 2607A, N# 90608

East India Company rupee (1770-1862)

16 Annas = 1 Rupee

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - King William IV & Queen Victoria
1835-1848
Copper • 2.19 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# 445, N# 16616

½ Pice - Victoria
1853
Copper • 3.23 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 464, Pr# 159, Pr# 160, N# 23472

½ Pice - Victoria (Pattern)
1853
Pattern
Gold • 11.84 g • ⌀ 25.4 mm
N# 315048

¼ Anna - William IV (Pattern)
1835
Pattern
Gold • 11.84 g • ⌀ 25.4 mm
N# 315645

¼ Anna - King William IV & Queen Victoria
1835-1849
Copper • 6.48 g • ⌀ 26.25 mm
KM# 446, N# 4849

¼ Anna - Victoria
1857-1858
Copper • 6.42 g • ⌀ 25 mm
KM# 463, N# 22397

½ Anna - King William IV & Queen Victoria
1835-1845
Copper • 12.35 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# 447, N# 4068

2 Annas - Victoria
1841
Silver (.917) • 1.46 g • ⌀ 15.8 mm
KM# 459, N# 23777

2 Annas - Victoria
1841-1849
Silver (.917) • 1.46 g • ⌀ 15.3 mm
KM# 460, N# 23045

¼ Rupee - William IV
1835
Silver (.917) • 2.92 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 448, N# 41024

¼ Rupee - Victoria
1840
Silver (.917) • 2.92 g • ⌀ 19.5 mm
KM# 453, N# 21136

¼ Rupee - Victoria
1840
Silver (.917) • 2.92 g • ⌀ 19.3 mm
KM# 454, N# 25903

½ Rupee - William IV
1835
Silver (.917) • 5.83 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
KM# 449, N# 25920

½ Rupee - Victoria
1840
Silver (.917) • 5.83 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
KM# 455, N# 52116

½ Rupee - Victoria
1840-1849
Silver (.917) • 5.83 g • ⌀ 24.5 mm
KM# 456, N# 25924

1 Rupee - William IV (Pattern)
1834
Pattern
Silver (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 30.74 mm
KM# Pn7, N# 65490

1 Rupee - William IV
1835-1840
Silver (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
KM# 450, N# 15709

1 Rupee - Victoria (Trial)
1839
Pattern
Silver • ⌀ 30 mm
KM# Pn13, Pr# 181, N# 297165

1 Rupee - Victoria
1840
Silver (.917) • 11.64 g • ⌀ 32 mm
KM# 457, N# 9718

1 Rupee - Victoria
1840-1849
Silver (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 30.5 mm
KM# 458, N# 24095

1 Mohur - William IV
1835
Gold (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 24 mm
KM# 451, N# 25921

1 Mohur - Victoria
1841
Gold (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 461, N# 25925

1 Mohur - Victoria
1841
Gold (.917) • 11.66 g • ⌀ 26 mm
KM# 462, Pr# 22, N# 15710

2 Mohur - William IV
1835
Gold (.917) • 23.32 g • ⌀ 32 mm
KM# 452, N# 25922

2 Mohurs - William IV (Pattern)
1835
Pattern
Gold (.917) • 23.32 g • ⌀ 31 mm
KM# Pn10, Pr# 177, SW# 1.1, N# 88129

Rupee (1777-1797)

1 Rupee - Shah Alam II
1191-1211 (1777-1797)
Silver • 11.6 g • ⌀ 18 mm
KM# 19, N# 52272

Rupee (1862-1947)

3 Pies = 1 Pice • 4 Pices = 1 Anna • 16 Annas = 1 Rupee​ • 1 Mohur = 15 Rupees

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - Victoria
1862-1876
Copper • 2.10 g • ⌀ 17.4 mm
KM# 465, N# 18295

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - Victoria
1877-1901
Copper • 2.1 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 483, N# 7259

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - Victoria (Pattern)
1891-1901
Pattern
Gold • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 483c, N# 315058

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - Edward VII
1903-1906
Copper • 2.17 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 497, N# 10971

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - Edward VII
1904-1910
Bronze • 1.6 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 498, N# 11133

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - George V
1912-1936
Bronze • 1.65 g • ⌀ 17.4 mm
KM# 509, N# 1110

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - George VI
1938-1939
Bronze • 1.62 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 526, N# 18706

¹⁄₁₂ Anna - George VI
1938-1942
Bronze • 1.62 g • ⌀ 17.5 mm
KM# 527, N# 3708

½ Pice - Victoria (Pattern)
1862
Pattern
Gold • 6.74 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 466b, N# 315045

½ Pice - Victoria
1862-1875
Copper • 3 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 466, N# 26300

½ Pice - Victoria
1885-1901
Copper • 3.2 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 484, N# 17534

½ Pice - Victoria (Pattern)
1891-1901
Pattern
Gold • 6.74 g • ⌀ 21 mm
KM# 484c, N# 315041

½ Pice - Edward VII
1903-1906
Copper • 2.9 g • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 499, N# 20886

½ Pice - Edward VII
1904-1910
Bronze • 2.4 g • ⌀ 21.2 mm
KM# 500, N# 13550

½ Pice - George V
1912-1936
Bronze • 2.40 g • ⌀ 21.05 mm
KM# 510, N# 16623

½ Pice - George VI
1938-1940
Bronze • 2.4 g • ⌀ 21.1 mm
KM# 528, N# 7811

¼ Anna - Victoria ("VICTORIA QUEEN")
1862-1894
Copper • 6.14 g • ⌀ 25.5 mm
KM# 467, N# 18310

¼ Anna - Victoria ("VICTORIA EMPRESS")
1877-1901
Copper • 6.4 g • ⌀ 25 mm
KM# 486, N# 1615

¼ Anna - Victoria (Pattern)
1891-1901
Pattern
Gold • ⌀ 20 mm
KM# 486c, N# 315055

¼ Anna - Edward VII
1903-1906
Copper • 6.48 g • ⌀ 25.3 mm
KM# 501, N# 20320