Different Mints for indian coins

A Mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins for currency.




Different Mints for Indian Coins:

Modern Indian coins have not only been minted in India. Quite a few of them are outsourced to different countries which provide these coins for India.
 Indian Mint Marks on Coins
(a) BOMBAY MINT (Mumbai)-The Bombay Mint has a small dot or diamond mint mark under Date of the Coin.
 (b) CALCUTTA MINT (Kolkata)-The Calcutta Mint has No Mint Mark beneath the date of coin or an C incuseis seen at 6'o clock position in british india coins.  
(c) HYDERABAD MINT-The Hyderabad Mint has split diamond or a dot in diamond or five pointed STAR Under the date of coin. 
(d) LAHORE MINT- The Lahore Mint has a letter "L"mint mark under the date of the coin. Production started on 5th October 1943 A.D.
(e) NOIDA MINT- The Noida Mint has a small or thick dot under the date of the Coin. Production Started in 1988.

Foreign Mint Marks on Indian Coins: 

(a) PRETORIA MINT – The Pretoria Mint has diamond markunder the date 1943.
(b) SEOUL MINT-The Seoul mint has a “Five Pointed Star" under the date of the coin but exactly below the first or Last Digits of dates 1985 and 1997.
(c) ROYAL MINT LONDON -The Birmingham Mint has a small dot under the date of the coin but exactly below the First Digit of Date 1985.
(d) HEATON PRESS MINT-This Mint has Ornamental/ Decorated Letter "H" under the last digit of the date 1985.
(e) ROYAL CANADIAN MINT, OTTAWA-This Ottawa Mint has a "C" mint mark under the date of the coin. 
(f) MEXICO MINT-The Mexico City Mint has an " M "mint mark under the date of the coin

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