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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kidromeo, post: 648941, member: 15085&quot;]The Calcutta mint don&#039;t have any mint mark. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Bombay mint have a small dot on the reverse under the ornate near the bottom of the coin.</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_NgXtVYyqsnM/Sm6jQRmU65I/AAAAAAAAAs8/CfBvyi1sSyk/s800/SN852407%20copy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left">In case of Lahore mint there is an L mintmark in place of the dot.</p> <p style="text-align: left">The above mintmark scheme applies for George V and VI coins only.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Edward VII had a completely different scheme</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">As usual there was no mintmark for Calcutta.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: left">Bombay issues have an incuse B in the crown</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_NgXtVYyqsnM/Sm6lRsqKBTI/AAAAAAAAAtA/kuA8P-6bnqE/s800/SN852485%201.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p style="text-align: left">Also there is a second more prominent mint mark on the stem of the lotus bud.</p><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_NgXtVYyqsnM/Sm6lR2D3q0I/AAAAAAAAAtE/bJIZtwUYgtM/s800/SN852485%202.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left">So the first 3 of the coins are Bombay mint issues and the last one is a Calcutta mint issue.</p> <p style="text-align: left"><br /></p> </p> </p> </p> </p> </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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