Unlisted variant of India KM#445

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I have an East India Company 1/12 anna from 1835, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16616.html, which differs from the image in the Numista entry. It's hard to be sufficiently accurate about the diameter, but I make it 18 mm, indicating the Bombay Mint. It has medal alignment.

Apart from the date, the most obvious differences are the lion over the shield and the wreath, but it's clear these are struck from different dies. Looking at the ¼ annas of the same period, https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces4849.html, there are two variants with large and small text on the reverse which show other, similar differences to these 1/12 annas. The question is, are there two types of 1835 coin or are the differences only between the 1835 and 1848 coins? Looking online, I can't find any 1835 coins that have the design of the 1848 type but it's a pretty small sample. Either way, I think this variant should be included in our listing.
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.


It looks like there are two variants of 1835, but there is nothing else indicated. The image in the catalog is the same as your coin, so I think it's safe to assume that https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces16616.html is the correct coin.
They say "Pecunia non olet", but I know better...
That's interesting. My much older copy of KM gives 1835 Bombay with 72,313,000 and 1835 Madras with 133,788,000 followed by 1848 Calcutta with 14,380,000. Are we now to understand that the two different 1835 issues are not down to different mints but these die variants?
Former Numista referee for banknotes from Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Saint Helena.

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