Thursday, December 22, 2011

6. British rulers of India

                              British Rulers of India

KING WILLIAM IV (TILL 1837)                             
QUEEN VICTORIA (1840 - 1901)

The coins issued after 1840 were with the portrait of Queen Victoria.
In 1862 the first coinage under the British Crown was issued
In 1877 Queen Victoria assumed the title of ‘The Empress of India’

KING EDWARD VII (1903 - 1910)                                   
KING GEORGE V (1911 - 1936)
KING GEORGE VI (1938 - 1947)   

King George VI – with some new vaieties