The Uniform Coinage of India, British Imperial Period, George V, silver Rupee, 1920 [1920-3], Calcutta, crowned and robed bust left, b.m. [Bertram Mackennal] on truncation, elephant on decoration, george v king emperor, rev. one rupee india and date, yek rupiya surrounded by ornate scroll containing rose, thistle and shamrock, lotus flowers above and below, edge grained, 11.71g/12h (Prid. 216 [Sale, lot 133]; SW 8.50; KM. 524; cf. Fore III, 2445). Obverse field bagmarked, otherwise brilliant mint state, light peripheral toning £50-£70

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

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Large issues of rupees during World War I, coupled with the closure of wartime factories and general stagnation of trade, meant that there was a surplus of the coin and minting was suspended in 1923, not to resume again until 1940. Rupees with the frozen date 1920 were struck annually up to 1923 at Calcutta; at Bombay rupee production halted in 1922