Silver, 11.530 gr
British India
Property of a Bollywood Fan
The Silver 1 Rupee coin was originally issued by the British Emperor George VI, in the year 1944 or 1945 from the Bombay mint. However, the interesting part of this tooled coin is that on both the sides, it has portrait of the king, i.e., the Head side is on both the sides. The coin is tooled wherein two coins were sliced from the centre and were stuck together to make a unique Sholay coin.
In the classic Hindi film Sholay (1975), the hero Jai (played by Amitabh Bachchan) always tosses a British silver Rupee coin and decides the future course of action. In the game, his partner Veeru (played by Dharmendra) always looses the toss as the toss invariably results in head. In the climax of the film, Veeru realizes that the coin has Head on both the sides and there is no Tail!
