What is this?
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:11 pmI'm usually a guy who can help with this kind of stuff. But I'm having trouble with this one
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:11 pmRe: What is this?
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:51 pmthat looks like arabic
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:36 pmI'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.
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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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:44 pmVery cool regardless. I'd guess Indian princely states from a stylistic standpoint, but I really have no idea.
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:52 pmTo press a wax seal?
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 11:53 pmit is arabic... maybe backwards
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:29 amfound this one Mughal Empire
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:52 amI'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:34 pmTheJonasCollegeFund wrote:I'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.
Wow!
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. 
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:38 pmbeauanderos wrote:TheJonasCollegeFund wrote:I'm gonna go with 1/4 Anna from one of the Princely States. Found a close one.
Wow!
Did you save the link to favorites?
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:45 pmOK it weighs 10 grams. Which would make it a rupee. But from where in India? When?
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:11 pmThogey 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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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:25 pmIt is silver.
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:47 pmThogey wrote:It is silver.
No wonder....I was searching coppers and bronze coins.
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:06 pmThe language on this coin is Urdu. Very hard finding a match but finding a few close examples.