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What is this?

Postby Thogey » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:11 pm

I'm usually a guy who can help with this kind of stuff. But I'm having trouble with this one
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Re: What is this?

Postby beauanderos » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:51 pm

that looks like arabic
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Re: What is this?

Postby NiBullionCu » Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:36 pm

I'm having a hard time determining the date. (It's at the bottom of the upper pic).

Looks like either AH1223 or AH1243.

Normally I would start looking at Egypt, or Turkey, or Afghanistan. I notice there is to 'toughra', so Indian Princely states is also a good possibility.
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Re: What is this?

Postby AGgressive Metal » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:44 pm

Very cool regardless. I'd guess Indian princely states from a stylistic standpoint, but I really have no idea.
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel
For nothyng is better than lyberte
For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world
-Aesop's Fables, Caxton edition 1484

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Re: What is this?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:52 pm

To press a wax seal?
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Re: What is this?

Postby AdamsSamoa » Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:53 pm

it is arabic... maybe backwards
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Re: What is this?

Postby beauanderos » Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:29 am

found this one Mughal Empire

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Re: What is this?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:52 am

I'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.
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Re: What is this?

Postby beauanderos » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:34 pm

TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:I'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.

Wow! :shock: :? Just went to Bing.com (I don't use Google... too liberal) and looked up images for 1/4 Anna.... ummm, not what I expected. :o
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Re: What is this?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:38 pm

beauanderos wrote:
TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:I'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.

Wow! :shock: :? Just went to Bing.com (I don't use Google... too liberal) and looked up images for 1/4 Anna.... ummm, not what I expected. :o

Did you save the link to favorites? :thumbup:
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Re: What is this?

Postby Thogey » Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:45 pm

OK it weighs 10 grams. Which would make it a rupee. But from where in India? When?
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Re: What is this?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:11 pm

Thogey wrote:OK it weighs 10 grams. Which would make it a rupee. But from where in India? When?

All rupees I saw were silver.
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Re: What is this?

Postby Thogey » Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:25 pm

It is silver.
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Re: What is this?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:47 pm

Thogey wrote:It is silver.

No wonder....I was searching coppers and bronze coins.
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Re: What is this?

Postby TheJonasCollegeFund » Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:06 pm

The language on this coin is Urdu. Very hard finding a match but finding a few close examples.
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