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King William IV: EIC during his monarchy issued the coins with his effigy in all three Presidencies in all three metals Gold, Silver & Copper. In 1835, newly designed coins with effigy of William IV on the obverse and the value on the reverse in English and Persian were issued. |
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Victoria Queen: After the War of Independence in 1857, the government was transferred from the EIC to the Crown & in 1877, Victoria became Empress of India. The coins issued after 1840 bore the portrait of Queen Victoria. The first coinage under the Crown issued in 1862 & in 1877. |
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Edward VII: He suceeded Queen Victoria and the coins issued bore his effigy. The special feature of these coins is, all coins (except 1 anna 1906-1910) of them depict King Edward without a crown, due to the fact that the original dies of the coins were prepared before King Edward's Coronation, which happened in August 1902. |
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