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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mark Metzger, post: 2830043, member: 86472&quot;]Here&#039;s some interesting info I found on the world of coins.au website regarding this coin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=22779.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=22779.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=22779.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Capt A. L. C. McCormick, the Bombay mint master and the designer of the 1 anna, was not happy with the 1906 1 anna, as after the polishing process much of the detailed design on the King’s head was lost. It is possible that these 1906 experimental coins may have been melted, although no documentation of this has been found so far. McCormick asked the Royal Mint in Britain to produce new dies that would improve the king’s head and edges of the coin. The dies and tools were sent in September 1907 and arrived at the Bombay mint. However none of the tools were used as the Bombay mint had produced an improved die and used it for producing the 1907 Anna. The Bombay mint was the only mint that produced the Edward 1 Anna coin.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>This could possibly explain how a 1906 Anna with a host of die cracks came to become a 1907 Anna. </p><p>Check the edges of the op coin...they are curious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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