Help To ID Indian Coin? | Penang 1 Cent 1786

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bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 07/15/2009 6:01 pm There is similar coins in the catalog, but not same... what you think - real coin or fake 15.4 grams/29mm diameter/2.5mm approx. thick Identified and moved to World Coin forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 07/15/2009 6:11 pm Hi, I'm very interested in an answer to this as I've got one as well. My $0.02 worth is that it's either a jeton or a bordello token. The heart shaped symbol would fit either use. Good luck with this one, and I'll be keeping a close eye on the results. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 07/15/2009 6:34 pm The heart-shaped symbol is very similar to the balemark of the British East India Company. If it's not a coin (I'll double-check when I get home), then it's probably a weight. 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
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 07/15/2009 8:18 pm Sap, I'm looking at it as saying "For Vice". Maybe that's just the way my mind works............ Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 07/16/2009 06:21 am There is similar coins in the catalog for Bombay Presidency British-India... ... but, Sap, really possible to be weight because is approx. 1/2 or 4/8 ounce... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 08/20/2009 08:27 am I knew I'd seen one of these before... I finally found it again today, in the shop display of a dealer I visit only infrequently. It's from Penang, Straits Settlements (now in Malaysia), a 1 cent (or 1 pice), struck by the Company in 1786. It's listed in the 1700's Krause under "Malaya - Penang", KM# 3. Here it is on that coin dealer's web page, right at the top of his "world coins M-Q" listing. So, that's that one identified finally. Better late than never. 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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