Unknown World Coin - Colonial Asia? Square Coin

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Coinzguy Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 10/18/2019 09:57 am Any help with identification is appreciated. 11.9 g 21 mm Report this Post to the Staff

Coinzguy Valued Member United States 153 Posts	Posted 10/18/2019 09:58 am Report this Post to the Staff
Palouche Pillar of the Community Spain 2752 Posts	Posted 10/20/2019 4:13 pm Not sure if this is an exact match but there does seem to be a lot of similarities....Maybe a good starting point... Both the OP coins photos are upside down..So I've spun them 180 deg... INDIA - MUGHAL EMPIRE - MUHAMMAD AKBAR - FATHPUR MINT - RARE 1 RUPEE AH988 (1580 AD) SILVER COIN KM#82.2, Denomination: 1 Rupee, Date: AH988 (1580 AD), Composition: Silver, Weight: 11.32 GM, Diameter: 20.75 MM RULER: MUHAMMAD AKBAR: AH 963-1014 /1556-1605 AD Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16882 Posts	Posted 10/20/2019 8:51 pm These Akbar square rupees with the "988" date are often replicated for use as religious pilgrimage medals - the Islamimc equivalent of the Hindu "temple tokens". See some examples on these zeno.ru pages. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
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