Can Anyone Identify This Ancient Coin? | Kishangarh Paisa

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Moonshadow New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/26/2009 8:01 pm I've had this ancient coin for many years and always wondered what it is. It's about the size of a US nickel, about 6 mm thick and rather heavy. It appears to be bronze. Any ideas? Image: Obverse4.jpg 94.01 KB Image: Reverse4.jpg 94.34 KB Edited by Sap 02/27/2009 7:45 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16894 Posts	Posted 02/26/2009 8:23 pm It's not ancient, though it was made in much the same way ancient coins were, by hand. It's a copper paisa from one of the Indian states, probably from sometime in the 1700's or 1800's. You've got a nice, clear "jhar plant" on the side you've labelled "obverse", which was used as a mintmark in several cities. The four-triangles-in-a-cross mintmark should also help identify it. I don't have my books with me right now, but I'll see if I can look them up when I get home. 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
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 02/26/2009 9:25 pm Kashmir Takka and Jaipur Paisa both used this design, but I don't see an exact match. The Kashmir piece is listed as a crude imitation of the Jaipur piece, so that may be it. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16894 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 05:37 am Found it: Kishangarh, copper paisa, KM/C# 5. Example on Zeno.ru. The coin doesn't bear a date (I can see a V-shape, so this one might be the one with the year-number "7" on it) but it's listed in the 1800's Krause, which estimates the date to be sometime in the early 1800's. DCH wasn't entirely wrong; Krause reports these coins are also "crude copies" of the Jaipur paisa. Jaipur's coins must have had a good reputation, if all the neighbours were copying them. 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 Edited by Sap 02/27/2009 05:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 08:09 am That's the coin I was looking at in KM. It says Kashmir at the top of the page and I missed the mid page header for Kishangarh. The Zeno picture is a much better match than the one in KM. Report this Post to the Staff
Moonshadow New Member United States 1 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 5:56 pm Wow! You're both are a great source of information...thanks! Report this Post to the Staff
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