Madras Mint – Reformation – Five Fanams 1808/12, Obverse Varieties

	A	B	B1	C	D	E	F	G	H	H1	I
Buckle Shape	Large Square	Short Square	Short Square	Short Square	Short Square	Long Square	Long Square	Square	Square	Square	Oval
Stops in legend	None	None	None	Centre	Centre	Centre	None	None	None	Centre	None
Shading in buckle	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Cross tongue	-	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	R	S
Buckle Shape	Oval	Oval	Dots	Oval	Oval	Oval	Dots	Oval	Oval
Stops in legend	None	None	None	Centre	Centre	Centre	Centre	C+E	C+E
Shading in buckle	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
Cross tongue	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Large Square	Short Square	Long Square	Square

Oval	Oval Buckle that looks square (N.B. Cross Tongue)	Dots

Stops in Legend – None	Stops in Legend – Centre	Stops in Legend – C+E

Shading in Buckle – No	Shading in Buckle – Yes

Cross Tongue – No (oval buckle)	Cross Tongue – Yes (oval buckle)	Cross Tongue – No (square buckle)	Cross Tongue – Yes (square buckle)