Foreign Mint marks of Republic India coins

 

Seoul Mint, South Korea: uses 5 pointed star mint mark placed below the first numeral of the date.

 

Taegu Mint, Korea: coins have the 5 pointed star Mint mark placed below the last numeral of the date.

 

British Royal Mint, Llantrisant UK: diamond shaped mark, placed below first numeral of the date.

 

 

Heaton Press mint, UK: uses the alphabet 'H' and is placed below the last numeral of the date.

 

Royal Canadian(Winnipeg) Mint: have the alphabet 'C' placed below midpoint of the date. Some catalogue mention these coins to be minted in Ottawa Mint, but in fact they were minted in Winnipeg Mint.

 

Oeschger Masdach & CO, Mexico City Mint: will have alphabet 'M' with a small 'o' placed above it.

 

Kremnica Mint, Slovakia: will have the alphabets 'MK' written within a circle just below the midpoint of date

 

Moscow Mint stuck coins will have the alphabet set 'MMD' in a cursive style below the date

 

Pretoria Mint, South Africa: coins will have the alphabet 'M' within a semi-oval just below midpoint of the date.

 

British Royal Mint, Tower Mint, UK: the alphabet 'U' written in a peculiar font just below the midpoint of the date.

 

 

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Mint marks of Republic India coins

 

 

 

KOLKATA MINT:  struck coins will have no mint mark on them

 

 

MUMBAI MINT: struck proof coins were initially having mint mark 'B' placed below the midpoint of the date, but later on after Bombay was renamed as Mumbai, the mint mark was changed from 'B' to 'M'.

Only -Jawahar Lal Nehru Centenary - UNC sets have the Mint mark 'U' placed below the midpoint of the date which were minted during the year 1989.

The coins which were struck by Mumbai mint, for the purpose of general circulation, diamond (Rhombus) shaped mint mark was placed either below the midpoint of the date (as in case of most of the coins), or on the right side of the date (e.g. Rajeev Gandhi One Rupee).

 

 

 

HYDERABAD MINT:initially placed split diamond (as shown in below given image) as a mint mark just below the midpoint of the date, but later onward it started place dot within a diamond as its mint mark. From 1964 onward it is using the 5 pointed Star as a mint mark which will be placed just below the midpoint of the date in most of the coins (in Rajeev Gandhi One Rupee we can see mint mark being placed on the right side of the coin).

 

NOIDA MINT:  uses -round dot- shaped mint mark placed just below the midpoint of the date.

 

 

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Edges of a coin

 

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Anatomy of a coin

 

Observe is the head side of the coin

 

Reverse is the other side of the coin 

 

Legend, also called the Inscription. This is the part of a coin that tells us important things like who made the coin, and how much it is worth.

 

The field is any flat area of the coin that hasn't been raised off of the coin during minting. The portion of the design that has been raised is called the relief.

 

The rim is the upraised part of the coin that runs all the way around the edge of the coin on both sides. The reason for the rim is three-fold: First, it protects the coin's design from wearing out too quickly; second, it makes the coins easier to stack, and third, it helps bring up the devices during striking.

 

A motto is a word or phrase that has a special meaning to people, perhaps stirring emotions or inspiring them.

 

Edge of the coin it has a plain, unadorned surface. The edge is the actual side of the coin.

 

The mint mark is a letter or symbol that tells us where the coin was minted.

 

One of the most important parts of a coin's design is called as portrait.

 

The date on the coin tells us when the coin was minted

 

  

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