I found it on the roadside where new plots were for sale. I have not completed cleaning it,once I clean it I think it will be a beauty. The dot between 9 and 4 is way up. Isvthis a scarce variety.
No. Totally within reason for the dot being slightly higher than normal. Cool find btw! Here's the NGC site for pricing.....India-British Pice KM 533 Prices & Values | NGC
Oh, that makes sense, then. Interesting find. Have you ever found any other older coins around there?
Actually I am a rockhound, I was looking for rocks during my morning walk then I found this lying in the roadside where they have done some digging to remove the weeds since they were planning to sell the land, I looked around for other coins but didn't find any. The coin was in green color and nothing was visible, but I recognized the hole and knew it was a pice coin. So I still haven't cleaned it completely, right now it is getting a good soaking in distilled water.
I see what you're saying - a dot is closer to the 4. I'm not familiar with these but from looking at online images there appear to be three types - some with a dot, some with an L, and some with no dot. I suspect yours is the no dot type and what you're seeing is just toning or corrosion that looks like a dot. As you say, there are other "dots" all around the date and elsewhere.
It is clear something is wrong with the mint mark, I couldn't give better images, also there is another dot on top of PICE between I and C.
I think you're going dot crazy. There are "dots" all over the coin. It's just corrosion. If you look at the image I posted, the one near the 4 isn't even round. All of the actual dot mint marks I'm seeing are perfectly round. (There is also a diamond MM in addition to the L and none - https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide...ce-km-533-1943-1947-cuid-1131473-duid-1477314).
Not all of them, once the coin gets cleaned after being soaked in distilled water for a week, I hope maybe we will be able to see the coin with its true look.
The area is damaged and can't be restored. It probably looks best as is but thumbing it or soaking in olive oil might improve it greatly. "Thumbing" involves rubbing a small amount of body oil into the surface of the coin using you thumb with significant pressure. Wipe on cloth afterward. Neve do this on a coin with luster though.
