India (1639-1858), Indian Empire (1858-1947), Dominion of India (1947-1950), Republic of India (1950-present)
Territories administered by the East India Company (1665-1858), British Colony (1858-1947), Independent country (1947-present)
Location: Indian Subcontinent
Capital City: Madras (1639-1665), Bombay (1665-1690), Calcutta (1690-1911), New Delhi (1911-present)
Government type: Company-Administered Territory (1639-1858), British Territory (1858-1947), Constitutional Monarchy (1947-1950), Republic (1950-present)
Main languages: Hindustani, Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Gujurati
Main religions: Hinduism, Sunni Islam, Protestant Christianity, Shia Islam, Catholic Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism
Chronology
1639: The East India Company gains Madras, its first territory in the subcontinent
1665: Bombay presidency established
1699: Bengal Presidency established
1774: Presidencies administratively united
1858: Company rule in India ends and it comes under direct British administration, and is designated an empire
1935: Self-government granted by the Government of India Act
1942-1945: Japanese occupation of some regions in the far east of India
1943-1945: Entirety of India claimed by the Japanese puppet state of Azad Hind
1947: Independence and partition into the dominions of India and Pakistan
1950: Republic established
Currency
First Rupee (1770-1957)
1 Rupee = 16 Annas = 64 Pasia = 192 Pies
Second Rupee (1957-present)
1 Rupee = 100 Paisa
Note: The three presidencies of the East India Company also issued their own coins, which are given their own sections. Coins here prior to the end of company rule are those issued by the company not attributed to any specific presidency.
Coins from India in the collection
Company Rule (1639-1858)
•1/12 Anna, 1835 (King William IV (1830-1837), copper, Madras mint, KM#445)
•1/4 Anna, 1835 (King William IV (1830-1837), copper, Calcutta mint, KM#446)
•1/4 Anna, 1858 (Queen Victoria (1837-1901), copper, Heaton Mint (Birmingham), KM#463.2)
•1/2 Anna, 1835 (King William IV (1830-1837), copper, Madras mint, KM#447)
•1/4 Rupee, 1840 (Queen Victoria (1837-1901), silver (.917), Calcutta mint, KM#453.4)
•1/2 Rupee, 1840 (Queen Victoria (1837-1901), silver (.917), Bombay mint, KM#455.4)
Empire (1858-1947)
•1/12 Anna, 1883 (Empress Victoria (1837-1901), copper, Bombay mint, KM#483)
•1/12 Anna, 1916 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), bronze, Calcutta mint, KM#509)
•1/2 Paisa, 1936 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), bronze, Calcutta mint, KM#510)
•1/4 Anna, 1862 (Empress Victoria (1837-1901), copper, Bombay mint, KM#467)
•1/4 Anna, 1907 (Emperor Edward VII (1901-1910), bronze, Calcutta mint, KM#502)
•1/4 Anna, 1939 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), bronze, Bombay mint, KM#530)
•1 Paisa, 1944 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), bronze, Pretoria mint, KM#533)
•1/2 Anna, 1862 (Empress Victoria (1837-1901), copper, Calcutta mint, KM#468)
•1/2 Anna, 1847 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#535)
•1 Anna, 1919 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), cupronickel, Bombay mint, KM#513)
•1 Anna, 1944 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), nickel brass, Calcutta mint, KM#537a)
•2 Anna, 1877 (Empress Victoria (1837-1901), silver (.917), KM#488)
•2 Anna, 1919 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#516)
•2 Anna, 1943 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), nickel brass, Bombay mint, KM#541a)
•2 Anna, 1944 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), nickel brass, Bombay mint, KM#541a)
•4 Anna, 1920 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), cupronickel, Bombay mint, KM#519)
•1/4 Rupee, 1946 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), nickel, Bombay mint, KM#548)
•1/2 Rupee, 1918 (Emperor George V (1910-1936), silver (.917), Bombay mint, KM#522)
•1 Rupee, 1900 (Empress Victoria (1837-1901), silver (.917), Bombay mint, KM#492)
Republic (1950-present)
•1 Paisa, 1950 (bronze, Bombay mint, KM#1.1)
•1 Paisa, 1953 (bronze, Bombay mint, KM#1.4)
•1/4 Rupee, 1951 (nickel, Bombay mint, KM#5.1)
•1/2 Rupee, 1954 (nickel, Calcutta mint, KM#6.2)
•1 Paisa, 1957 (bronze, Bombay mint, KM#8)
•1 Paisa, 1966 (aluminum-magnesium, Bombay mint, KM#10.1)
•1 Paisa, 1967 (aluminum-magnesium, Bombay mint, KM#10.1)
•1 Paisa, 1968 (aluminum-magnesium, Hyderabad mint, KM#10.1)
•2 Paisa, 1959 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#11)
•2 Paisa, 1972 (aluminum-magnesium, Hyderabad mint, KM#13.6)
•3 Paisa, 1965 (aluminum, Bombay mint, KM#14.1)
•5 Paisa, 1958 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#16)
•5 Paisa, 1968 (aluminum, Calcutta mint, KM#18.2)
•5 Paisa, 1977 (aluminum-magnesium, Hyderabad mint, KM#18.6)
•5 Paisa, 1978 (aluminum-magnesium, Calcutta mint, KM#21) Commemorative: FAO
•10 Paisa, 1971 (nickel brass, Bombay mint, KM#26.3)
•10 Paisa, 1973 (aluminum-magnesium, Bombay mint, KM#27.2)
•10 Paisa, 1975 (aluminum, Calcutta mint, KM#29) Commemorative: FAO
•10 Paisa, 1976 (aluminum, Calcutta mint, KM#30) Commemorative: FAO
•10 Paisa, 1978 (aluminum-magnesium, Hyderabad mint, KM#32) Commemorative: FAO
•10 Paisa, 1979 (aluminum-magnesium, Calcutta mint, KM#33) Commemorative: International Year of the Child
•10 Paisa, 1988 (aluminum-magnesium, Calcutta mint, KM#39)
•10 Paisa, 1988 (stainless steel, Noida mint, KM#40.1)
•10 Paisa, 1996 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#40.1)
•20 Paisa, 1969 (aluminum bronze, Calcutta mint, KM#41.2) Commemmorative: 100th Birthday of Mohondas Gandhi
•20 Paisa, 1970 (nickel brass, Calcutta mint, KM#41)
•20 Paisa, 1986 (aluminum-magnesium, Bombay mint, KM#44)
•25 Paisa, 1960 (nickel, Calcutta mint, KM#47.1)
•25 Paisa, 1961 (nickel, Calcutta mint, KM#47.2)
•25 Paisa, 1965 (nickel, Calcutta mint, KM#48.1)
•25 Paisa, 1974 (cupronickel, Bombay mint, KM#49)
•25 Paisa, 1986 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#49)
•25 Paisa, 2002 (stainless steel, Calcutta mint, KM#54)
•50 Paisa, 1964 (nickel, Bombay mint, KM#57) Commemorative: Death of Jawaharlal Nehru
•50 Paisa, 1969 (nickel, Calcutta mint, KM#59) Commemorative: 100th Birthday of Mohondas Gandhi
•50 Paisa, 1973 (cupronickel, Bombay mint, KM#62) Commemorative: FAO
•50 Paisa, 1975 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#63)
•50 Paisa, 1985 (cupronickel, Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (Daejeon), KM#65)
•50 Paisa, 1990 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#69)
•50 Paisa, 1997 (stainless steel, Noida mint, KM#70) Commemorative: 50th Anniversary of Independence
•50 Paisa, 1999 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#69)
•50 Paisa, 2000 (stainless steel, Noida mint, KM#69)
•50 Paisa, 2000 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#69)
•1 Rupee, 1975 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#78.1)
•1 Rupee, 1994 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#92.1)
•1 Rupee, 2000 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#92.2)
•1 Rupee, 2002 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#92.2)
•1 Rupee, 2003 (stainless steel, Noida mint, KM#92.2)
•1 Rupee, 2011 (stainless steel, Hyderabad mint, KM#331)
•2 Rupee, 1993 (cupronickel, Calcutta mint, KM#121.3)
•2 Rupee, 1994 (cupronickel, Hyderabad mint, KM#121.3)
•2 Rupee, 1998 (cupronickel, Bombay mint, KM#121.5)
•2 Rupee, 1999 (cupronickel, Llantrisant mint, KM#121.5)
•2 Rupee, 2003 (cupronickel, Noida mint, KM#121.5)
•2 Rupee, 2006 (stainless steel, Bombay mint, KM#326)
•2 Rupee, 2010 (stainless steel, Calcutta mint, KM#327)
•2 Rupee, 2013 (stainless steel, Noida mint, KM#395)
•5 Rupee, 1999 (cupronickel, Noida mint, KM#154.1)
•5 Rupee, 2009 (nickel brass, Bombay mint, KM#373)
•5 Rupee, 2010 (nickel brass, Calcutta mint, KM#373)
•5 Rupee, 2012 (nickel brass, Noida mint, KM#404) Commemorative: 60th Anniversary of Indian Parliament Building
•5 Rupee, 2012 (nickel brass, Bombay mint, KM#429) Commemorative: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board
•10 Rupee, 2009 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Calcutta mint, KM#363)
•10 Rupee, 2009 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Noida mint, KM#372) Commemorative: 100th Birthday of Dr. Homi Bhabha
•10 Rupee, 2010 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Calcutta mint, KM#363)
•10 Rupee, 2010 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Noida mint, KM#388) Comemmorative: 75th Anniversary of the Reserve Bank of India
•10 Rupee, 2012 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Noida mint, KM#400)
•10 Rupee, 2012 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Hyderabad mint, KM#430) Commemorative: Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board
•10 Rupee, 2013 (cupronickel center in aluminum bronze ring, Noida mint, KM#400)
Banknotes from India in the collection
Empire (1858-1947)
•1 Rupee, 1940 (Emperor George VI (1936-1948), P#25)
Republic (1950-present)
•1 Rupee, 1990 (P#78A)
•2 Rupee, 1970 (P#52)
•10 Rupee, 1962-1967 (P#57)
•10 Rupee, 1970-1975 (P#81)
•10 Rupee, 1996-1997 (P#89)
•10 Rupee, 2017 (P#109)
•100 Rupee, 1996 (P#91)