Foreign & Indian Mint marks on Indian coins

Foreign Mint marks:

(i) Dominican Republic Mint.

(ii) Heaton Press Mint (U.K) : This Mint has a stylish letter ' H ' below the last digit (i.e. 5 of 1985) of date of the coin.

(iii) Kremnca Mint (Slovakia Republic) : This Mint has Mint mark of ' MK ' in circle under the date of the coins on rupee.

(iv) Mexico Mint : The Mexico Mint has a mint mark of ' O on top of M ' under the date of the coin.

(v) Moscow Mint : The Moscow mint has mint mark of MMD in an oval shape below the date of the coin.

(vi) Pretoria Mint (South Africa) : This Mint has a stylish letter ' M ' below date of the coin.

(vii) Royal Canadian Mint, Ottawa : This Mint has a letter ' C ' mint mark beneath the date of the coin.

(viii) Royal Mint London -The Mint has a small ' dot ' below the first digit (i.e. 1 of 1985) of date of the coin.

(ix) Seoul Mint (South Korea) : This Mint has a ' five pointed star ' below the date of the coin but exactly below the either the first or Last Digits of the date.


Indian Mint marks:


There are four mints in India.

(i) Calcutta Mint : It has no Mint mark beneath the date of coin. (ii) Hyderabad Mint : This Mint has ' five pointed star ' under the date of coin. (iii) Mumbai Mint : This Mint has a ' small dot ' or ' diamond ' under date of the coin. (iv) Noida Mint : This Mint has a ' small dot ' under the date of the coin.