2016-12-10 Sat

Did you ever know that Indian coins were also minted outside India? Yes, some coins are minted outside India as well. How to identify them? Just check for the mint marks. Below is the list of mint marks of foreign mints which struck coins for India.

Seoul Mint, South Korea - five-pointed star below the last numeral of the year.

Taegu Mint, Korea - five-pointed star below the first numeral of the year.

British Royal Mint Llantrisant, UK - diamond below the first numeral of the year.

Heaton Press Mint, UK – “H” below the last numeral of the year.

Tower Mint, UK – “U” in a peculiar font in the centre below the year number.

Royal Canadian Mint – “C” in the centre below the year number.

Oeschger Maslach & Co., Mexico City Mint - 'M over O' in the centre below the year number.

Moscow Mint, Russia – “MMD” in a peculiar way in the centre below the year number.

Kremnica Mint, Slovak Republic – “MK” impressed in a circle in the centre below the year number.

Pretoria Mint, South Africa – “M” in a semicircle in the centre below the year number.