Coin: silver ½ rupee

Museum number:
9-483
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090000483
Accession number:
Acc.369
Description:
Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
India
Verbatim coll. place:
India
Culture or time period:
British Historic and Indian
Maker or artist:
William Wyon
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Coins (money)
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Production date:
1874
Accession date:
1908
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver ½ rupee, accession number 9-483, described as Coin; (placed on ring); half rupee; 1874. Obverse: Crowned head of Queen Victoria facing left (Bust Type B). Lettering: VICTORIA QUEEN. Reverse (Type II): Denomination and date surrounded by wreath. Lettering: HALF RUPEE INDIA, 1874. Milled edge. Dot mint mark.

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