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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I know this coin is a 1/4 Anna from the Indian Princely State of Jodhpur, KM 145. What I can't figure out is the date. Any help would be appreciated.   |
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I can't see anything that looks like a date. I'd assume it's off the flan.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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I'm trying to translate the script on the coin to find out current ruler.
A large number of Provincial Indian coins don'w have dates, and mainly have emperor/Zamandar of the region.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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This coin is from the reign of Umaid Singh. His dates of rule were from 1918~1947. The coin would roughly be from 1930's~1947. He was the Maharaja of Jodhpur. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umaid_SinghHope it helps [EDIT]George VI was in rule of India during that time. Umaid Singh and George VI are the rulers indicated on the coin. The Last year that this coin was minted is 1947 (Stopped ruling India). TheKid! Edited by thekidcollector
09/02/2008 05:46 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think I've got it....this one is dated VS2001. The two dots near the center of the bottom picture are the zeros, the 2 above and left, 1 to the right.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Sap - That's what I suspected, I just wanted some one to agree with me.
Kid - Thanks for the translation! I could have used your expertise about 4 months ago with different Indian issue. Fortunately I have an old college friend who is Iraqi.
DCH - I believe what you are referring to is text. I'm sure the Kid could substantiate this.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Snowman, you are correct, that is not the date. Other examples of this coin clearly show my '2' as separate lines, looking nothing like a 2.
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Forum Kid
Kuwait
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DCH, The 2 dots are part of the letter "EE" in arabic, sounds like a long 'E' in English. My 5 years of learning only how to read have paid of...  |
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Sap: I can't see anything that looks like a date. I'd assume it's off the flan.  |
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Posted 09/02/2008 05:25 am
