India 1850 to 1860 – Victoria, Crowned – Rupee Pattern 1863 to 1867

Because the 1861 dies had not been satisfactory, new dies, punches and matrices were prepared in the Royal Mint and sent to India in August 1863. Royal Mint proofs exist dated 1863. The only Indian mint that used any of these materials was Bombay, which used the reverse die for currency rupees dated 1862.

The 1863 dies were still not satisfactory and a report was sent to the Royal Mint in 1864 asking for further matrices and punches, which were duly produced, and patterns dated 1864 exist.

In 1867, Lt. Col. H. Hyde, Master of the Calcutta Mint, visited the Royal Mint and discussed the problems being encountered with the Indian coinage.

As a result of this, more matrices, punches and dies were produced with the date 1867, and sent to India on 12^th March 1868. No currency coinage was produced but proofs/patterns were struck in both London and Calcutta.