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Hello. Another GB question!

XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
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The British mint has a guide on their website to all the inscriptions used on British coins through history. One I cannot find, however, is IND IMP. Could someone tell me what this means?


Thanks!!!

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  • LloydLloyd Posts: 887 ✭
    Emperor of India
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  • kuhlikuhli Posts: 501
    India Imperator, or, as Lloyd stated above, Emperor (Empress) of India.
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Thanks!


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  • laurentyvanlaurentyvan Posts: 4,243 ✭✭✭
    Why did IND IMP appear on non-Indian British coins-why wasn't another of their colonies so recognized (or were they?).
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  • XpipedreamRXpipedreamR Posts: 8,059 ✭✭
    Good question!
  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    The other colonies are recognized. The inscription roughly translates as "rulers name by the grace of god, King of the Britains, defender of the faith, and Emperor of India" The pluralization of Britains meant it to include not just England, Ireland, and Scotland but all of the colonies as well. India was not a colony and it was a group of States each with its own ruler that were ruled as a seperate empire with the ruler as Emperor.
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