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| Asking For Help With Another Islamic Coin.
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Seeker55
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 Posted 01/10/2023 09:07 am
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This paika of Ala al-Din Muhammad of the Sultans of Dehli, AD 1296-1316, Goron/Goenka D235, appears to match one side, but not the other side, and has similar weight and diameter.
https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=92151
In the description in Goron/Goenka it says "similar coins may have been struck in Madura by Ala al-din Udaiji Shah and possibly also by Ala al-din Sikander Shah". However, looking at the listings in GG for the Sultans of Madura I didn't see a match.
Hopefully all this can provide a lead in the right direction. |
| | Forum: World Coins and Commemoratives |
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| Coins And A Note Given To Me By My Grandparents
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Seeker55
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Posted 12/29/2022 7:46 pm
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The first coin is India - British East India Company, one quarter anna, Bombay presidency, 1830/AH1246, KM#231.1, Krause book value as of 2013 maybe in the ballpark of $40 (I would grade this as approximately VG condition). Please keep in mind that coins often sell for far below book value, but this is a nice and somewhat rare and valuable coin.
The fifth coin is India - British colonial, one quarter anna, 1835, KM#446.1, Krause book value as of 2013 (condition approximately G) about $1. |
| | Forum: Identification: Unidentified Coins, Medals, and Tokens |
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| Sources For Identifying Islamic/Indian Coins - Please?
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Seeker55
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Posted 12/09/2022 1:38 pm
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The sources I rely on the most are Krause's book South Asian Coins and Paper Money, Goron & Goenka's book The Coins of the Indian Sultanates, and the Zeno database ( http://search.zeno.ru ). Searching the Numista database can also be helpful ( https://en.numista.com ).
For difficult-to-attribute Indian or Islamic coins, it might be worthwhile to post them on the World of Coins identification website,
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/in...rd,87.0.html
because there are more Indian experts there, and more members who can read Islamic coins.
As a personal policy, without weight to the nearest tenth of a gram and size to the nearest mm I will not attempt identification of such coins, because Zeno can't be used and it makes ID much more difficult.
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| | Forum: Identification: Unidentified Coins, Medals, and Tokens |
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| Help Needed To Identify Indian Coin.
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Seeker55
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Posted 11/24/2022 11:11 am
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| Although I didn't find a match in Zeno, just wanted to mention for whatever it may be worth (or not) that the Elichpur mint in Mughal India made many copper coins of irregular, elongated, roughly rectangular shape. |
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| Islamic Coins Identification And Authenticity
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Seeker55
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Posted 11/20/2022 8:59 pm
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| Personally I am suspicious of the authenticity. The calligraphy is crude compared to the piece cited, some appear to maybe have been made with the same dies, the patinas look a bit odd, and of course Pakistan is a hotbed of coin forgers. Having said that, none of that makes it definite that they aren't authentic. Maybe some more silver tests and better weighing (though there could be some variability in authentic specimens) might help. Kitchen scales aren't adequate for weighing coins; much more accurate digital scales are available for under $20. A density or XRF test might help determine if silver. The rough surfaces and flat, not-sharp writing make me think of casting. Do the edges show casting lines, sprue marks, or file marks? |
| | Forum: World Coins and Commemoratives |
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| Set Of Ancient Indian/Mughal Coins- Help!
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Seeker55
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United States
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Posted 10/22/2022 7:31 pm
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Welcome to the Coin Community Family!
Chances are we can identify most or all of them for you. Please follow forum policy for best results, and post one coin per thread, with clear cropped photos of both sides (preferably correctly oriented, with the rounded bottoms of the letters down, and any lines across the coin horizontally with edges curving slightly up) on a white background, and state the diameter to the nearest mm and weight to the nearest tenth of a gram (don't show measuring rulers or other coins for comparison). |
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| Can Someone Please Help Me Identify This Coin?
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Seeker55
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United States
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Posted 10/21/2022 8:27 pm
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Welcome to the Coin Community Family!
For best results, ID requests should be accompanied by clear cropped photos of coins removed from holders, diameter to the nearest mm, and weight to the nearest tenth of a gram.
I'm not recognizing this as a likely Indian coin, but don't have other ideas. With the weight and diameter the Zeno database can be searched. |
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