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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:03 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi all, I aquired this coin some time ago, but I cannot identify it. Does anyone here know what it is? (This is the first "what is it?", more to come)

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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:06 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Seems like a coin from Nepal, except I don't have much clue what else it can be.
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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That was quick!! Thanks, That's a starting point for me, I will go look in Krause in see if I can find out more.
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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
19th or 20th Century?
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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I have no idea :( But I am guessing it might be 20th century since Nepal's minting technology was rarely superior.
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 Posted 07/02/2006  4:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It does look Nepalese, however, I can't find any refence to it in Krause (19th or 20th Century). All of their "cow coins" depict the cow standing, not sitting like mine. I just noticed that the dies are rotated about 45 degrees as well. I wonder if it might be a token or something along those lines?
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 Posted 07/02/2006  5:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gxseries to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You got me stumped there ndgoflo. I think I nailed the country right but I have no idea what it can be. It might be a token or such, and perhaps explains the reason why it isn't in the catalogue...
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 Posted 07/02/2006  5:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scoutjim99 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like a token or something
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 Posted 07/02/2006  6:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I know I have one just like it (and in much the same condition! ), it's either one of the Indian States or Nepal. I'll see if I can find it...

BTW, I think the lower picture is upside down.
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 Posted 07/02/2006  6:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
quote:
Originally posted by Sap

BTW, I think the lower picture is upside down.



Very good possibility!!
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 Posted 07/02/2006  7:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kuhli to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Try India, Princely States, Indore. Lots of choices, you will have to figure out which one you have. Issued between 1886 & 1903.
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 Posted 07/02/2006  7:05 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kuhli to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Looks to be dated VS1948 (1891), ¼ anna, KM#33.3
G=$.50, VG=$1, F=$1.50, VF=$3
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 Posted 07/02/2006  7:08 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ndgoflo to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
FOUND IT!!!! Thanks a million Kuhli!!
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