India, British India, 1940 AD., George VI, Bombay mint, 1 Rupee, KM 556.

India, British India, George VI, Bombay mint, engraver Percy Metcalfe (obverse), 1940 AD.,
1 Rupee (30,5 mm / 11,60 g), 0.5000 silver, official weight at mint state 11,66 g., actual weights ? g., mintage 7.352.000 , axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), security edge,
Obv.: GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR / · , his crowned head facing l. (small second head type), small dot below (Bombay mint mark), all within a raised, decorative-toothed border (small rim decoration).
Rev.: ONE / RUPEE / INDIA / 1940 / یک روپیہ , legend in English and Urdu (“Yek Rupya“) within a single line circle, surrounded by a saracenic scroll composed of conventional representations of a rose, thistle and shamrock. At the top and bottom are different representations of the Indian lotus flower. All this is within another plain circle that is in turn within a raised, decorative-toothed border. Bombay mint mark: small dot or diamond on the reverse under the ornate (the lotus flower) near the bottom of the coin.
KM 556 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1939 / • / ? / Bombay
1940 / • / ? / Bombay
1941 / • / ? / Bombay
1943 / • / ? / Bombay