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 Posted 02/08/2026  2:51 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add oriole to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers

This weighs 0.9 grams, and has a diameter of 8 mm.

On side is very worn almost blank. Looking at the right angle, I can see some lines, but I could not get them to photograph
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 Posted 02/10/2026  1:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NumiFan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Maybe a coin from the Indian States?
The visible side remains me my own coin from this topic...
https://goccf.com/t/487763
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could be this---This item appears to be a copper coin from the Mughal Dynasty, specifically a copper dam or damri from the reign of Emperor Akbar.
Ruler: Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar (1556-1605).
Material: Copper.
Features: Often inscribed with the Hijri year and the name of the mint, such as Dogaon.
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Thanks, folks:

With these suggestions I will do some squinting in good light. But the item mentioned by @NumiFan (1/4 kakini from the Naga dynasty) looks promising. This is partly because of a weight and size match, and partly because in the 2x2 I placed it in I can detect some raised dots pressing the plastic, otherwise not detectable.

These tiny worn coppers never make the "most wanted" coin lists, but I find them quite an ID challenge and numismatically very interesting.



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Not sure if this is exactly the right type (too heavy), but it's similar,
https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?p...y=d&way=desc
possibly a good place to start.
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 Posted 02/11/2026  6:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add oriole to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks, @andyg, although based on what I can see and the weight, I would probably rule that one out.
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try rotating the top image 180 :)
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try rotating the top image 180 :)
I agree, it looks like upside down (old) Devanagari script.

There is apparently a mysterious small type with a bust on the other side, but it's still much larger than 8 mm (and what I'm seeing on your second pic doesn't really match a bust).
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Yes I agree, but a good place to start with this one rather than Mughal or Princely State etc.
It's older than that.
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