British India Madras Mint 1862 Rupees

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This question concerns this Numista coin webpage:

 

N#3345

 

The Numista webpage (and the 9th edition of the 1801-1900 SCWC) list three different Madras mint 1862 dated rupees:

 

Bust A/Rev I (no dots)

30.7 mm Bust A/Rev II (no dots)

Bust B/Rev II (no dots) may have a “v” on left side of bust

 

The pages from Campbell in the comments section for the Numista webpage for these coins states: "The only rupees attributed to Madras are:

 

1862 Bust B/Rev II (no dots)

 and 

1862 Bust B/Rev IIa (no dots)

 

Campbell does not recognize the two “Bust A” type coins attributed to the Madras Mint in the SCWC and the Numista website page.

 

I have an 1862 dated rupee that appears to have no mintmark (I looked very carefully at all of the places Campbell indicated indicated a “B” or “C” mintmark might be found at high magnification and did not see any indication of a mintmark). My coin also has no dots and is clearly a “Bust A/Rev I” type which Campbell indicates should not exist. Based upon the entries on the Numista webpage, others appear to have examples of this type of 1862 Madras rupee as well.

 

Is the Campbell webpage for mintmarks for these coins in error regarding the existence of a Bust A/Rev I (no dots) 1862 dated rupee produced at the Madras Mint? 

Is the Campbell webpage for mintmarks for these coins in error regarding the existence of a Bust A/Rev I (no dots) 1862 dated rupee produced at the Madras Mint? 

Proof with images of your coin may help other members comment on your observations. 

 

As for commenting on whether the Campbell website is correct or not, that question should be directed to him. Numista has obviously taken its information from the SCWC and noted the Campbell info under notes for extra information.

 

Is it possible he made a mistake, yes he is one man who has noted varieties from his collection, maybe he simply doesn’t have this coin in his procession. 

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I'm afraid that the Campbell's links are no longer available. Any chanche to recover the pictures or the links and put them in the comment sections of the coins to help all collectors on identifyng the correct varieties?

See if you can get what you want here:  https://web.archive.org/web/20240720052913/http://jfcampbell.us/india/victoria/index.htm

Thank you, it works! Would it be possible to update the links in the Numista pages?

That's not something I can answer. Better check with one of the Admins.  The site was alive until the middle of this year at least.  Maybe somebody just forgot to renew the license.

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