1840 Silver Rupee But Counter Marked

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laverdajohn Valued Member United Kingdom 175 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 09:17 am could anyone shed some light on the counter-marks on this rupee, I believe it may have been used someplace other than India * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3832 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 09:32 am The Queen is trying to support breast cancer with pride? No idea but just throwing my idea out there. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
zxcccxz Pillar of the Community Canada 5417 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 12:29 pm those are breast cancer ribbons. Must be an older similar countermark. I couldn't see why this would happen in this day and age. Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 12:50 pm You guys must be seeing some pink that's not visible to me. The first ribbons like that were red ones for AIDS awareness; all the rest are for latecomer causes, copying the AIDS ribbon with other random colors. Report this Post to the Staff
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 1:23 pm Maybe philadelphian was on the right track but...possibly an early British-Indian malaria awareness campaign? In which case it's time for another gin and tonic. Report this Post to the Staff
nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 12/01/2013 6:21 pm It looks like a single Arabic letter... I am certainly not an expert on this, but it could be this one: ـو Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 12/05/2013 4:36 pm Just some schroff marks. Report this Post to the Staff
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