Can't Identify This Coin - Help Id: Hindu "temple Token"

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W_CC New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 1:14 pm Coin came from a relative's collection,but I can't identify it. Looks kind of Thai, but I'm no expert on Asian coins. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 1:53 pm Nepal, Burmese? Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 2:13 pm It's a temple token from India, probably 18th-very early 20th century. They have collector value, but not terribly much. Example here: http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...n_coin=12995 Edited by Finn235 04/05/2018 2:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Dorado Bedrock of the Community Canada 24885 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 3:17 pm To the Forum. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 3:26 pm It is a Hindu temple token. Please compare here, there a many variations: http://indiannumismatics.com/products.php?id=152 Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190340 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 3:27 pm to the Community! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
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Sap Moderator Australia 16876 Posts	Posted 04/05/2018 7:10 pm Yes, it's a Hindu "Temple token". Older examples are made of silver, but most of the ones you see around (such as this one) are base-metal. It has numerals which resemble a date, but are usually just a random collection of numbers with no correlation to an actual date. The numbers on your token are "47340". They are often discoloured; I'm told the reason is that one of the rituals these tokens are used for is a "feeding the gods", in which food paste of various kinds is smeared onto the surface of these tokens. 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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Can't Identify This Coin - Help Id: Hindu "Temple Token"