The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, Victoria, silver Rupee, 1897c, type C3/I, Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, victoria empress, 3.5 panels in jabot, no v on bodice, no crescent at point of shoulder, two long strands of hair at nape of neck, rev. one rupee above india and date, all within scroll-like wreath of Indian flora, incuse c on whorl in lowest floral ornament, top flower with curved spikes, leaf arrangement at lower left with five leaves, edge grained, 11.63g/12h (Prid. 136 [Sale, lot 125]; SW 6.140; KM. 492; cf. Fore III, 2416). About extremely fine, rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Puddester Collection.

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Mintage 470,184. The minting of rupees, which had ceased in 1893 after the quantity in circulation was considered so excessive that further demand would not be needed for some time, was recommenced in 1897 as a consequence of Bhopal and Kashmir adopting the British India rupee for their local currencies. The 1897 and 1898-dated rupees were struck to meet the demands of these states (Amit Surana, JONS 239, pp.23-4)