British India coinage under George V 1911-1936

British India coinage under George V 1911-1936.

King Edward VII died on May 06, 1910 and was followed to the throne by his son King George V, who had his coronation on June 22, 1911. Coins were minted in India with the effigy of King George V from 1911 to 1936. Due to the increase in the price of silver caused by World War I (1914-1918) the silver 1/2 Rupee, 1/4 Rupee and 2 Annas were discontinued and new cupro-nickel coins introduced (8 Annas, 4 Annas and 2 Anna) to join the cupro-nickel one Anna coin. These new coins were not popular, though, so the 8 Annas and 4 Annas coins were discontinued shortly after introduction. The 1/4 Rupee and 1/2 Rupee silver coins quickly resumed production but 2 Annas remained in cupro-nickel.

Currency: Rupee = 16 Annas = 64 Pice = 192 Pies (Mohur = 15 Rupees).

1/12 Anna (One Pie)

KM#509 1/12 ANNA (Pie). Weight: 1.64g. Metal: Bronze. Diameter: 17.5 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1923-1928 and 1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1921 and 1923-1936.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1926(C) with mintage: 4,147,200.

	Year: 1918. Weight: 1.64g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 24,192,000.
	Year: 1919. Weight: 1.55g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 17,472,000.
	Year: 1920. Weight: 1.62g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 39,878,400.
	Year: 1921. Weight: 1.56g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 19,334,400.
	Year: 1923. Weight: 1.56g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 8,716,800.
	Year: 1927. Weight: 1.57g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 6,787,776.
	Year: 1929. Weight: 1.60g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 15,129,600.
	Year: 1930. Weight: 1.59g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 13,497,600.
	Year: 1931. Weight: 1.60g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 18,278,400.
	Year: 1932. Weight: 1.58g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 23,212,800.
	Year: 1933. Weight: 1.59g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 16,896,000. Note: This coin is slightly larger than the rest of the coins.
	Year: 1934. Weight: 1.59g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 17,145,000.
	Year: 1935. Weight: 1.59g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 19,142,400.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 1.58g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 23,212,860.

1/2 Pice

KM#510 1/2 Pice. Weight: 2.40g. Metal: Bronze. Diameter: 21.0 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1936.

Note: All Kolkata (Calcutta) mint issues, having no mint mark. Key date coin: 1925(C) with mintage: 3,980,800.

	Year: 1917. Weight: 2.32g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 15,296,000.
	Year: 1921. Weight: 2.40g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 6,233,600.
	Year: 1928. Weight: 2.31g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 5,456,000.
	Year: 1931. Weight: 2.24g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 8,793,600.
	Year: 1934. Weight: 2.29g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 8,947,200.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 2.39g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 26,726,400.

Quarter Anna (One Pice)

KM#512 Quarter Anna. Weight: 4.86g. Metal: Bronze. Diameter: 25.0 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1924-1928, 1930 and 1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1921, 1925-1931 and 1933-1936.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1916(C) with mintage: 1,632,000.

	Year: 1913. Weight: 4.56g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 82,060,891.
	Year: 1914. Weight: 4.49g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 40,576,000.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 4.79g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 69,369,600.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 4.88g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 84,044,800.
	Year: 1919. Weight: 4.70g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 212,467,200.
	Year: 1920. Weight: 4.63g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 96,019,200.
	Year: 1926. Weight: 4.52g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 16,073,024.
	Year: 1928. Weight: 4.64g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 10,056,640.
	Year: 1929. Weight: 4.68g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 61,542,400.
	Year: 1930. Weight: 4.74g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 40,697,600.
	Year: 1931. Weight: 4.72g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 6,835,200.
	Year: 1933. Weight: 4.73g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 40,230,400.
	Year: 1934. Weight: 4.72g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 80,505,600.
	Year: 1935. Weight: 4.82g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 92,595,200.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 4.76g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 61,926,412.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 4.77g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 227,500,800.

One Anna

KM#513 One Anna. Weight: 3.81g. Metal: Copper-Nickel. Diameter: 21.0 mm - 12 sided shape. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Crowned bust facing left within circle. "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR" within inner circle. Date divided. design above and "INDIA" written below. Reverse: Denomination and date within decorative outline. Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1912-1920, 1923-1928 and 1935-1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1919, 1924-1930 and 1933-1936.

Note: Until 1920, all were struck at the Mumbai (Mumbai (Bombay)) Mint without mint mark. From 1923 onwards, the
Mumbai (Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small, raised bead or dot below the date. Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Key date coin: 1928(B) with mintage: 4,831,600.

	Year: 1916. Weight: 3.80g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 39,087,087.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 3.85g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 58,066,665.
	Year: 1927. Weight: 3.73g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 12,952,800.
	Year: 1929. Weight: 3.78g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 42,200,000.
	Year: 1933. Weight: 3.83g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 17,432,000.
	Year: 1934. Weight: 3.83g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 34,216,000.
	Year: 1935. Weight: 3.84g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 12,952,000.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 3.85g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 107,136,114.

Two Annas

KM#515 Two Annas. Weight: 1.46g. Metal: 0.917 Silver. Diameter: 15.0 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1912-1915 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1917.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1912(B) with mintage: 2,462,092.

	Year: 1913. Weight: 1.45g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 13,959,465.
	Year: 1915. Weight: 1.45g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 5,942,728.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 1.46g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 25,559,561.

KM#516 Two Annas. Weight: 5.82g. Metal: Copper-Nickel. Diameter: 21.0 mm x 21.0 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Crowned bust facing left within circle. "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR" within inner circle. Date divided. design above and "INDIA" written below. Reverse: Large denomination within square. Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1918, 1920, 1923-1928, 1930 and 1935-1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1918-1921, 1923-1930 and 1933-1935.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. This copper-nickel coin was introduced to replace the silver 2 Annas silver coin, due to the high cost of silver. Unlike the situation with the higher denomination coins, this coin was not discontinued and was minted through the end of the George V era.

	Year: 1918. Weight: 5.78g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 9,190,658.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 5.72g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 53,412,000.
	Year: 1923. Weight: 5.54g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 6,430,390.
	Year: 1925. Weight: 5.74g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 8,348,000.
	Year: 1926. Weight: 5.74g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 2,927,448. Note: Key date with lowest mintage.
	Year: 1928. Weight: 5.69g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 7,352,000.
	Year: 1934. Weight: 5.75g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 7,016,000.
	Year: 1935. Weight: 5.87g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 21,016,608.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 5.35g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 36,295,234.

Quarter Rupee = Four Annas

KM#518 Quarter Rupee. Weight: 2.92g. Metal: 0.917 Silver. Diameter: 19.5 mm. Edge: Reeded. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1912-1915, 1919-1920, 1925, 1928 and 1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1919, 1926, 1929-1930, 1934 and 1936.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1915(C) with mintage: 851,618.

	Year: 1916. Weight: 2.87g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 13,178,324.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 2.84g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 21,071,637.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 2.75g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 50,575,096.
	Year: 1919. Weight: 2.72g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 26,135,436.
	Year: 1928. Weight: 2.85g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 4,023,198.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 2.82g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 9,864,211.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 2.85g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 25,743,555. Note: This coin is slightly larger than the rest of the coins.

KM#519 Four Annas. Weight: 6.80g. Metal: Copper-Nickel. Diameter: 23.5 mm (maximum) - 8 sided scalloped shape. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Crowned bust facing left within circle. "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR" above and "INDIA" with date below in outer circle. Reverse: Large denomination within square. Languages: Urdu, Telugu, Nagri and Bengali. Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1919-1921 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1919-1921 (1921 coin exists in proof only).

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1921(B) with mintage: 1,219,100.

	Year: 1920. Weight: 6.58g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 1,665,559.
	Year: 1920. Weight: 6.45g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 18,191,051.

Half Rupee = Eight Annas

KM#522 Half Rupee. Weight: 5.83g. Metal: 0.917 Silver. Diameter: 24.0 mm. Edge: Reeded. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned and robed bust of the King facing left. B.M. in relief on the truncation of the shoulder with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1912-1914, 1916-1919, 1922-1926, 1928 and 1936 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1912-1919, 1921-1927, 1929-1930, 1933-1934 and 1936.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1914(B) with mintage: 903,377.

	Year: 1916. Weight: 5.66g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 5,880,231.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 5.61g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 8,822,280.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 5.63g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 10,324,667.
	Year: 1919. Weight: 5.57g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 8,958,133.
	Year: 1921. Weight: 5.69g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 5,803,600.
	Year: 1922. Weight: 5.60g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 5,550,892.
	Year: 1928. Weight: 5.75g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 4,049,500.
	Year: 1933. Weight: 5.72g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 4,056,526. Note: above mintage is also included for 1933/2 dated coin.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 5.82g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 6,693,477. Note: This coin is slightly smaller than rest of the coins.
	Year: 1936. Weight: 5.78g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 16,919,542.

KM#520 Eight Annas. Weight: 7.77g. Metal: Copper-Nickel. Diameter: 25.5 mm. Edge: Plain. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Denomination and date within scallop, square surrounds. Languages: Urdu, Telugu, Nagri and Bengali. Reverse: Crowned bust facing left within circle. "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR" written above. Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1919-1920 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1919-1920 (1920 coin exists in proof only).

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. Key date coin: 1920(B) with mintage: 1,000,000. This coin was introduced in 1919 to replace the silver Half Rupee, because of the increased price of silver. It wasn't very popular and due a large number of counterfeits, it was discontinued in 1920 and withdrawn from circulation (it ceased to be legal tender in October 1924).

Year: 1919. Weight: 7.32g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 2,979,980.

Rupee

KM#523 Rupee. Weight: 11.66g. Metal: 0.917 Silver. Diameter: 31.0 mm. Edge: Reeded. Alignment: Medal. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay) and Kolkata (Calcutta). Obverse: Date and denomination within circle, wreath surrounds. Reverse: Crowned and robed bust of the King facing left. B.M. in relief on the truncation of the shoulder with legends "GEORGE V KING EMPEROR". Mintage Years: Mumbai (Bombay): 1911 + Kolkata (Calcutta): 1911.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim. An interesting story is about the so-called "Pig Rupee". On the 1911 issues of the Rupee, Half Rupee, Quarter Rupee, Two Annas and 1/4 Anna the King is shown wearing a robe with a small elephant on it. This elephant was thought to resemble a pig with the trunk appearing to be a pig snout and the short legs not appearing very elephant-like. This offended the religious sensibilities of many, so most of the Rupees minted for 1911 were withheld from circulation and later melted. The 1912 coins onwards had a redesigned elephant.

Year: 1911. Weight: 11.48g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 4,299,924.

Mumbai (Bombay) Mintage: 5,143,125.

1911 coins of George V are known as Pig design, due to the unclear animal picture on his clothes. The below pieces dated 1911, also show the “Pig” elephant.

KM# 511 1/4 ANNA produced at Kolkata (Calcutta) mint only.
KM# 514 2 ANNAS produced at Kolkata (Calcutta) mint only.
KM# 517 1/4 RUPEE produced at Kolkata (Calcutta) mint only.
KM# 521 1/2 RUPEE produced at Kolkata (Calcutta) mint only.

The 1911 dated coins were withdrawn from circulation.

Most of the people rejected the above design, therefore a updated elephant picture was replaced in 1912 to 1936 on George V's coins.

Note: Kolkata (Calcutta) Mint issues have no mint mark. Mumbai (Bombay) Mint issues have a small raised dot below the date near the rim.

	Year: 1912. Weight: 11.58g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 79,067,074.
	Year: 1912. Weight: 11.48g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 45,122,132.
	Year: 1913. Weight: 11.57g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 87,465,788.
	Year: 1913. Weight: 11.57g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 75,800,163.
	Year: 1914. Weight: 11.58g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 15,270,000.
	Year: 1914. Weight: 11.61g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 33,100,150.
	Year: 1915. Weight: 11.45g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 5,371,979.
	Year: 1915. Weight: 11.49g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 9,900,139.
	Year: 1916. Weight: 11.52g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 97,900,000.
	Year: 1916. Weight: 11.56g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 116,000,210.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 11.60g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 151,582,659.
	Year: 1917. Weight: 11.61g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 114,974,242.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 11.56g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 210,550,363.
	Year: 1918. Weight: 11.61g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 205,120,246. Note: Slightly rotated date side as shown.
	Same as above, but a bubble behind the collar of the King. Weight: 11.49g
	Year: 1919. Weight: 11.57g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 226,706,054.
	Same as above, but a crack as shown with irregular mint dot. Weight: 11.65g.

	Year: 1919. Weight: 11.56g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 211,206,255.
	Same as above, but a bubble in the King's crown and head. Weight: 11.62g.
	Year: 1920. Weight: 11.56g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 55,936,544.
	Year: 1920. Weight: 11.88g. Mint: Kolkata (Calcutta). Mintage: 50,500,199. Note: Slightly heavier. Calcutta mint struck 1920 dated Rupees with frozen year in the following years: 1920 (Mintage: 38,600,085) 1921 (Mintage: 6,400,064) 1922 (Mintage: 564,080) 1923 (Mintage: 4,936,050)
	Year: 1922. Weight: 11.52g. Mint: Mumbai (Bombay). Mintage: 2,051,150. Note: Key date coin with lowest mintage. 1921 dated Bombay mint coin also exists with mintage: 5,115,121.