India, British India, 1942 AD., George VI, Bombay mint, 1 Rupee, KM 557.1.

India, British India, George VI, Bombay mint, engraver Percy Metcalfe (obverse), 1942 AD.,
1 Rupee (30,5 mm / 11,47 g), 0.5000 silver, official weight at mint state 11,66 g., actual weights ? g., mintage 7.352.000 , axis medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), security edge,
Obv.: GEORGE VI KING EMPEROR / · , his crowned head facing l. (small second head type), small dot below (Bombay mint mark), all within a raised, decorative-toothed border (large rim decoration).
Rev.: ONE / RUPEE / INDIA / 1942 / یک روپیہ , legend in English and Urdu (“Yek Rupya“) within a single line circle, surrounded by a saracenic scroll composed of conventional representations of a rose, thistle and shamrock. At the top and bottom are different representations of the Indian lotus flower. All this is within another plain circle that is in turn within a raised, decorative-toothed border. Bombay mint mark: small dot or diamond on the reverse under the ornate (the lotus flower) near the bottom of the coin.
KM 557.1 .

Year / Mint Mark / Mintage
1942 • 7.352.000 KM 557.1 Bombay, with dot
1943 • 65,995,000 KM 557.1 Bombay
1943 • ? KM 557.1 Reverse B (six-pointed flower in the center of the bottom lotus); Bombay
1944 • 146,206,000 KM#557.1 Reverse B; Bombay
1944 • ? KM 557.1, Bombay
1944 • ? KM 557.2, Bombay, reeded edge
1944 L ? KM 557.1; Large L, Lahore
1944 L ? KM 557.1; Reverse B; Lahore
1944 L 91,400,000 KM 557.1; Small L, Lahore
1945 • ? KM 557.1; Large 5, Bombay
1945 • ? KM 557.1; Proof
1945 • 142,666,000 KM 557.1; Small 5, Bombay
1945 • ? KM 557.2, Bombay, reeded edge
1945 L 118,126,000 KM 557.1, Small 5, Lahore
1945 L ? KM 557.1; Large 5, Lahore

KM 557.1 - security edge
KM 557.2 - reeded edge