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Thank you Palouche.
These coins were limited to a small corner of India, i.e Travancore. They were available until recently, say about five years back. Now they are difficult to get and their cost has sky-rocketed.They are locally available in small quantities even now.
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This thirakasu was issued by Dharmaraja and probably remained in circulation for a long period.  |
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Very nice coin!
Putting the DK#005 and the DK#002 coins together you can really see the difference in style...The 005 is much more ornate and the conches face different directions, are these from different mints or denominations?..Paul
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Thank you Palouche for the post.
There are lots of varieties of Thirakasu. Broadly, we can divide them as those found in the eastern part of Venad and those from its western region. Documentation of these coins is very difficult to get. After 1729.AD, we have some literature, but it is very scanty to give us a clear picture of the symbols and the mints. After the area became Travancore under Anizham Tirunal Marthandavarma in the year 1729.AD, there were two known mints. One is at their earlier capital at "Kalkulam", later known as Padmanabhapuram in Tamilnadu. The other was at Trivandrum, the later capital of the state. There could have been some other small unknown mints that operated locally for producing Thirakasu. In any case, they were produced as per some standards and were distributed for petty transactions and people were satisfied with that. Broadly they can be put into three segments by weight - weighing ~2.5gms, ~1.5gms and ~0.5gm.But small coins weighing as low as 200mg are there and the average weight in each segment has wide variations. Surprisingly, all these coins of different weight are called as Thirakasu without any denominational differentiation. This makes it really thrilling to watch!
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Here is another one as above, but with different styled "chukram" and conch facing left.  The chronological relation between the two types is obscure. |
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Thanks for the breakdown drnsreedhar! Not knowing anything about this coin type, I'm finding this series very interesting.. Quote:
These coins were limited to a small corner of India, i.e Travancore Wow! very limited considering the 2 capitals were only 60 kms apart. Your last coin is really nice!, with a well centered/detailed Chukram and looks to be a really similar in style to the DK#002 (including size and weight)..These coins hold up well from being submerged in water for maybe centuries...  Thanks Paul Edited by Palouche
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Hello folks:
Please see pics of this very nice error coin that I have come across. It is as under:
Bundi Rupee, Ram Singh, Silver, with the name of Queen Victoria AD 1858; VS 1915 - With transposed numerals in date.
Has anyone seen a similar example? Kindly share your views and opinions. 
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The weight of the above coin is about 11.15 grams.
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@Director:)
So far I have not come across such a nice error issue of Bundi state. Congrats!
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Thats a great find Director..Nice looking coin! Looks like just the last 1 digit has been transposed to the right instead of the left...But have no idea how? It seems that its fairly common for date errors on these coins 'but not transposed'....Just the Vikram Samvat calander not corresponding with the Gregorian calander or vice versa... http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/in...4.0#lastPost |
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Thanks for the input folks!
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Looks like just the last 1 digit has been transposed to the right instead of the left
Not exactly Palouche, as then it would become 1588! The whole date 1858 is struck backwards, i.e. 8581.
Also, since I haven't received much input here, should I post this as a separate thread for more feedback? What do you think Paul? :)
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01/08/2019 03:49 am
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Not exactly Palouche, as then it would become 1588! The whole date 1858 is struck backwards, i.e. 8581. ..? Sorry I dont think you understood what I was implying!  But I have no idea how these coins were minted or dies used? Is it possible the numbers were seperate or was the die a complete form? Quote:
Also, since I haven't received much input here, should I post this as a separate thread for more feedback? Yes good idea, maybe people missed the post because of the thread title.. You could then give it a more defined heading..  I'll keep looking and see if I can find anything to help.. I must say thats a very special coin you've come across there, congrats! Paul |
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Thanks as always, Palouche Paul! I posted a new thread. :D
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