fwo_791080 - BRITISH INDIA 1 Rupee (Roupie) Georges V 1919 Calcutta
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Type : 1 Rupee (Roupie) Georges V
Date: 1919
Mint name / Town : Calcutta
Quantity minted : 211206255
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 917 ‰
Diameter : 30,52 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 11,62 g.
Edge : cannelée
Obverse
Obverse legend : GEORGE V KING - EMPEREOR.
Obverse description : Buste à gauche de Georges V couronné.
Obverse translation : (Georges V, roi et empereur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ONE / RUPEE / INDIA / 1919.
Reverse description : Légende sur quatre lignes dans une couronne végétale fermée.
Historical background
BRITISH INDIA
(Nineteenth century)
British India means all the presidencies and provinces of India under the administration of the English East India Company until 1858 and then under direct British administration until 1947, becoming part of the British Indian Empire. British India is distinct from the regions of India with greater autonomy, called the princely states (principalities or kingdoms over which a local ruler ruled).
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