¼ Rupee

India's wartime silver coinage presents a particular production story: the 1943 quarter rupee was struck at multiple mints simultaneously — Bombay, Calcutta, and Lahore — as the colonial government scrambled to maintain coin supply while the war diverted shipping, labor, and materials. The following year, 1944, silver was abandoned entirely in favor of nickel for this denomination, making 1943 the final year of silver quarter rupees in the British India series.