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Saturday, February 14, 2015

MINT MARK IN INDIAN COINS

MOSTLY ALL INDIAN COINS ARE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPE OF MARK UNDER FIGURE OF YEAR.
eg Indian coin having year of 1999, under the year mark is appeared,that is express the  coin minted place. star is appear ,that is hyderabad mint.

INDIA MINT PLACES

1.MUMBAI
2.DELHI
3.CALCUTTA
4.HYDERABAD
5.NOIDA MINT

1.MUMBAI MINT:
                   HAVE VERY SMALL DOT or HAVING IMAGES OF DIAMOND MINT SPECIAL MARK UNDER THE YEAR OF THE COINS.

Bombay (Mumbai) Mint has a small dot or a diamond under the date of the coin (year of issue). The Proof coins from this mint have a mint mark ‘B’ or ‘M’.
Mumbai mint mark
2.DELHI MINT:

3.CALCUTTA MINT:
                    NOT APPEAR ANY ONE MARK ,PLAIN OR NO MARK
Calcutta mint has no mark under the date of the coin (year of issue). Many people confuse “c” found under some coins to be from calcutta mint. However, that symbol belongs to the Ottawa mint in Canada.
4.HYDERABAD MINT:
                    HAVING STAR IMAGE    
 Hyderabad Mint has a star or a diamond under the date of the coin (year of the issue). The other mint marks from Hyderabad include a split diamond, and a dot in the diamond.
hyderabad mint mark starHyderabad mint split diamond     
5.NOIDA MINT:
                    HAVING IMAGES OF BIG OR SMALL DOT
Noida mint has a dot under the year of issue (coin date).
noida mint dot mark
Many of the India coins have been minted in foreign mints over the years. Some of the mint marks of these foreign mints are given below.
Royal Canada Mint
The Royal mint at Ottawa, Canada has a small letter “c” as the mint mark which is placed beneath the year of the issue.
canada mint mark
The Seoul Mint
Seoul mint mark is a five point star. The mark is placed exactly on the first or the last digit of the year of issue (date of coin).
Seoul Mint mark
The Royal Mint London
The Royal mint at Birmingham has a small dot which is placed exactly on the first digit of the year of issue.
The Moscow Mint
The Moscow mint has a mark MMD under an oval which is placed under the year of the issue of the coin.
Moscow Mint mark
Heaton Press Mint UK
The Heaton Press mint UK has a mark “H” under the last digit of the date. The symbol is decorated.
Heaton Press UK Mint Mark
Mexico City Mint
The Mexico City mint has a mark “M beneath o” under the date of the coin (year of the issue)
Mexico City mint mark
The other foreign mints where Indian republic coins were minted include Kremnca Mint, Pretoria Mint (South Africa) and Dominican Republic mint.