British Indian coins
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The British East India Company established its initial settlement in Surat in 1612, and started minting coins from the mid 17th century. The early European style coins were not popular outside their jurisdiction, and in 1717 the British obtained the right to strike their own rupees in the name of the Mughal emperor.
[edit] Regal Issues
From 1862 to 1947 coins were stuck under the authority of the crown. The rulers were:
 William IV up to 1837 (km#450 1 Rupee (1835)) |
 Queen Victoria 1837-1901 (km#458 1 Rupee (1840)) |
 Edward VII 1903-1909 (km#508 1 Rupee (1903-1910)) |
 George V 1912-1936 (km#524 1 Rupee (1912-1936)) |
 George VI 1938-1947 (km#557 1 Rupee (1942-1945)) |
Coins of the following denominations were issued as well:
- 1/12 Anna
- 1/2 Pice
- 1/4 Anna
- Pice
- 1/2 Anna
- Anna
- 2 Annas
- 1/4 Rupee
- 4 Annas
- 8 Annas
- 1/2 Rupee
- Rupee
- 5 Rupees (1/3 Mohur)
- 10 Rupees (2/3 Mohur)
- 15 Rupees (Mohur)
- 30 Rupees (2 Mohur)
- British Gold Sovereign, as an emergency war issue, in 1918
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| Current | Indian rupee · Indonesian rupiah · Maldivian rufiyaa · Mauritian rupee · Nepalese rupee · Pakistani rupee · Seychellois rupee · Sri Lankan rupee |
| Defunct | Afghan rupee · Bhutanese rupee · Burmese rupee · Danish Indian rupee · (British) East African rupee · French Indian rupee · German East African rupie · Gulf rupee · Hyderabad rupee · Italian Somaliland rupia · Javan rupee · Netherlands Indian roepiah · Portuguese Indian rupia · Riau rupiah · Travancore rupee · West New Guinean rupiah · Zanzibari rupee |
| Fictional | Hylian rupee |
| See also | History of the rupee |
