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7 December 2006
    Added Cupro-Nickel 1/12 Anna and 1/2 Pice page for King George V
25 October 2004
    Added two books to the Reference Book page, the Krause 1801-1900 Third Edition and the Krause 1901-Present Tenth Edition.
14 October 2004
    Added King George V Checklist on three pages: Page 1, Page 2, Page 3.
13 October 2004
    Added King Edward VII Checklist page.
1 October 2004
    Added more photos of dot Rupee variants to the 1862 Rupee Dot Varieties page. Modified the Victoria Rupee Reverse Types page to include descriptions of Type IV. Updated the Victoria Rupee Checklist.
28 September 2004
    Added photos of the 1862 B/II 2/3 Rupee to the 1862 Rupee Dot Varieties page. Thanks to Bob Johnston for supplying the photos.
27 September 2004
    Posted the basic page for King George VI. So far only some text and the photos of the type coins are on the page.
16 September 2004
    Added a set of photos of all coin types in correct relative sizes, which also link to the coin sections on the page, on the pages for King Edward VII and the King George V.
15 September 2004
    The King Edward VII and the King George V pages are now essentially complete, but additional text will be added along with photos for the missing illustrations, as they become available.
12 September 2004
    Have been working on the King Edward VII and the King George V pages, adding photos and text as available. Work will continue on these incomplete pages.
5 September 2004
    Uploaded the first version of the King Edward VII page, without photos.
2 September 2004
    Reorganized site for a future expansion to cover King Edward VII, George V, and George VI in addition to Queen Victoria. Modified links on numerous pages to make things work. Added new index page to point to the four different sections for the four monarchs.
2 August 2004
    Added photo of 1862 Madras 1/4-Rupee (coarse milling) to comparison photo on Checklist of Quarter Rupees (1862-1901) page, updated diameter range for 1862-M 1/4-Rupee. Added comment to Checklist of Half Rupees (1862-1899) page stating that 1899-B may only exist with inverted mint mark.
1 August 2004
    Added "India's 1862 Rupees" by George Falcke and Robert L. Clarke to the Reference Books page.
11 July 2004
    Added One Mohur gold coins to Type page (photos courtesy of Clark Smith).
3 July 2004
    Printer friendly check lists added for 1/2 Pice and 1/12 Anna.
2 July 2004
    Added pages for 1/12 Anna.
1 July 2004
    Added pages for 1/2 Pice.
30 June 2004
    Added pages for 1/4 Anna. and updated the Future Plans page.
Redesigned the index page to show full coverage of the copper coins.
Printer friendly check lists added for 1/2 Anna and 1/4 Anna.
Links page updated to remove or correct bad links.
Today the hit counter for the index page equals 3461.
22 May 2003
    Today the hit counter for the index page reached 1000.
14 May 2003
    Added pages for 1/2 Anna.
8 May 2003
    Added A Catalog of Modern World Coins by R. S. Yeoman to the Reference Books page.
23 March 2003
    Added Printer Friendly Chesslists for all silver coins
Added British Commonwealth Coins and Coins of India books to the Reference Books page.
31 December 2002
    The entire site was moved to http://JFCampbell.US/India/ and several pages were left at http://correspondencechess.com/india/ to redirect to the new location.
28 October 2002
    Added all the pages for the Two Annas: Obverse Types, Reverse Types, Mint marks, and Checklist.
23 October 2002
    Added page for Type Collection.
10 October 2002
    Added all the pages for the Quarter Rupee: Obverse Types, Reverse Types, Mint marks, and Checklist.
30 September 2002
    Added Coins from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) to the Links page.
29 September 2002
    Added all the pages for the Half Rupee: Obverse Types, Reverse Types, Mint marks, and Checklist.
Updated the 1862 Rupee Dot Varieties page.
28 September 2002
    Added the Rupee Checklist page.
Did a general update to the site (navigation, renamed pages).
Updated the 1862 Rupee Dot Varieties page.
Added Modern Coins of India to the Links page.
Corrected colors and resized images on Rupee Obverse and Rupee Reverse pages to narrow the pages.
26 September 2002
    Updated the Links page and added the Reference Books page.
Added the 1862 Rupee Dot Varieties page (incomplete form).
25 September 2002
    Updated the Links page to include descriptions and to open links in a separate browser window. Added Brockages, Double Strikes, and other interesting Error Coins to links page.
23 September 2002
    Added a Links page.
22 September 2002
    Updated Reverse of One Rupee page, added page for One Rupee Mint Marks, expanded index page, added this Site Updates page.
23 June 2001
    Created initial web site, added page describing Obverse of One Rupee, Reverse of One Rupee.

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