Features

Issuer India - British (British India) 

Queen Victoria (1837-1901)

Type Standard circulation coin

Years 1857-1858

Value ¼ Anna (1⁄64)

Currency East India Company rupee (1770-1862)

Composition Copper

Weight 6.42 g

Diameter 25 mm

Thickness 1.8 mm

Shape Round

Technique Milled

Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓

Demonetized Yes

References KM# 463

Obverse

Coat of arms of the East India Company: 2 lions, St George's cross on the crest and flags, motto on the ribbon

Script: Latin

Lettering:

1858

AUSP: REGIS ET SEN: ANGLIA

Translation: "Auspicio Regis et Senatus Angliae": By the Command of the King and Parliament of England

Reverse

Value in Persian and English, within a laurel wreath. Legend surrounds

Scripts: Arabic, Latin

Lettering:

EAST INDIA COMPANY

يك پاي

ONE

QUARTER

ANNA

Edge

Plain

Mints

Birmingham, England (1850-date)

Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham (Heaton and Sons / The Mint Birmingham Limited), United Kingdom (1850-2003)