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Indian coins

Indian coins are mainly produced in 4 cities in India or abroad.

 

The production in city puts an identification mark under the year of issue which is called as 'mint mark'.

Here are the meanings of them.

Mumbai - diamond

Kolkata - no mint mark

Hyderabad - split diamond / dot in diamond / star

Noida - round dot

Taegu, Korea - star below first digit

Seoul, Korea - star below last digit

Royal mint, Ottawa, Canada - C

Royal mint, London, UK - diamond below first digit

Birmingham, UK - H below last digit

Pretoria mint, South Africa - M in oval

Tower mint, UK - U

Mexico city - M beneath O

Slovakia, Kremnica - MK in circle

Moscow, Russia - MMD in oval