Real or fake 1944 half rupee? [gelöst]

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I have 2 X 1944 British India half rupee coins, both are Mumbai/Bombay mint coins, one with a dot mint mark and the other appears to have a diamond mint mark but the website says they are both Mumbai/Bombay. 
I was comparing them side by side and noticed that the  bottom flower was different, the dot mint coin has three rings of petals around the central dot and the darker coin with the diamond mint mark only has 2. I noticed that the number 9 is very different too. I am also not sure if the top flower is different too. 
My question is: Are they both real or is one, or both, a fake. Please see the photos, any comments would be greatly appreciate.

That’s quite normal, I don’t see anything that suggests they are fake from the images. Check weight, diameter & thickness - do a silver test (search the Forum if you don’t know how), they both look real to me.

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Yes, Both look genuine to me, Also check the edge, it should have security edge like in the photo given below

Why would someone make a fake of a common ½ rupee unless it had a rare date

Vic

Thanks guys. I’m learning all the time. 

Status geändert zu Gelöst (ZacUK, 12 Apr. 2025, 21:38)

Vic65

Why would someone make a fake of a common ½ rupee unless it had a rare date

This actually used to happen in the 1960s and 1970s, with silver prices spiking in India and silver rupees being phased out of circulation in the late 1950s and 1960s, people wanted to have silver rupees/ wanted to melt them to make a profit. Silver rupees were a common coin used in functions, and thus some counterfeiters would make plated examples of base metal examples, and sell them. I think this also included half rupees but probably not quarter rupees. 

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