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Pillar of the Community
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I excited to win this East India Company Type I, Queen Victoria Young 'Indian' head issue tonight. Calcutta mint, KM 457.12. 
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United States
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Valued Member
United States
343 Posts |
I like the coin and the design! My hat's off to you if you can make sense of the 1840 rupees!
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Greece
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Has great eye appeal.Nice sharp strike
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Valued Member
United States
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Love to lustre and detail on the coin. I have been keeping an eye for the 1840 rupee for a while now. How much did you buy it for?
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Valued Member
India
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look it brother t360 I havent seen you ina while
and if I won the coin I would be doing cartwheels probably cost a arm and a leg.
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm a fan of the young Victoria and found the adjustments to her image on the 1840 "Indian head" rupee very interesting.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Wow--great coin!  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2703 Posts |
Mine cost $155 + 23.25 (auction house buyer's fee) = $178.25
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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can I share my Victorian rupees? I know some of them are in poor shape but I still like them. 1840, KM#457.3 (small diamonds)  1840, KM#458.2 (large diamonds)  1862, KM#473.1  1900, KM#492  |
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United States
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I just looked at the previous posts and thought: Whoah! I've never seen anything like that!
Please take a look at the denticles on yarm's rupee! Does anybody have any idea what it is and how it happened?
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Valued Member
India
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holy t360
wow we used to get those for a rupee during the raj sure time has flown :)
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Valued Member
United States
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Ha! If you hadn't pointed that out, svslav, I'd surely have missed it. Those denticles are warped all across the bottom! Gotta be a die or strike problem, no?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bumping it up. I still would like someone to address the edge of yarm's rupee. What's going on there? Is it an error or counterfeit gone wrong?
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Valued Member
India
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look at the spacing its not even on all sides. I have seen some similar so its not a fake if the weight is okay.
if you start calling that an error than you will find many in one gunny bag from the mint
the indian mints are not necessarily known for their quality control
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India
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the indian mints which minted these coins were and are the best in the world. These mints were not administered by the indian rulers, indeed they were managed by britishers, all the coins minted were checked for their weight and other features, there could be no flaw at all. Do you find any errors in british india silver coins, it is very hard to find an error from that age.
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Posted 09/15/2010 10:12 pm
