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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gallienus, post: 2078683, member: 42034&quot;]Hi Dr. Saha,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have very little knowledge of Indian coins however I&#039;ve purchased all grades of &quot;struck for circulation&quot; British. I found the following pix</p><p><img src="http://www.coinsandhistory.com/pix_coin/India_GB-Imperial_rupees.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>With the above caveats I don&#039;t know about your coin.&nbsp; There are several diagnostics.&nbsp; I am a little concerned about the diebreak on the obverse of your specimen.&nbsp; While common on coins of my speciality (Latin America from the 1830&#039;s), I think by 1911 the British had much better quality control.&nbsp; Thus I&#039;d be surprised to see this sort of raised damage on the dies of a British Imperial coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The standard weight is listed as 11.66 gm so your piece is within spec.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know the accuracy of your scale.&nbsp; For .01 gm, you really need a laboratory balance with calibration weights.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your picture could use some improvement but the details on the King&#039;s robes and the details near the coins edge obverse appear indistinct which is worrisome.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe you could write to &quot;thecoinsof india&quot; the source of the pix I posted and ask them?&nbsp; They appear to be experts in the field.</p><p><br /></p><p>These appear to be really neat coins from a historical viewpoint and I wish I could visit that part of the world where I could find one.&nbsp; I can understand why you&#039;d want a 1911 1-rupee as most of them were withdrawn and melted due to popular rejection of the &quot;Pig Elephant&quot;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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