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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Probably just a button or something... But was curious if anyone else thought it looked like an ancient coin? Lol   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
509 Posts |
Looks like a button to me, but I'm no expert
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3433 Posts |
The holes have been hand punched so it is very possible it was an old coin. And of course they polished it for good measure too.
I see enough asymmetric design that does not look like a purely decorative pattern to make me think coin.
Asian perhaps ? I am completely ignorant on anything from east of Mesopotamia.
But there are a few here who know about the region.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1911 Posts |
That's why I was wondering it reminded me of some of the older coins on the forum and also the holes are done rather crudely. But would have absolutely no clue since I have no knowledge of ancients or most world coins.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's what matches a silver rupee or tanka of India thay someone has made into a button. I can't help you to narrow it down by date/ruler without the weight and diameter.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Gotcha. Yeah looking on Numista just based on the design looks to be a Bhutan ½ Rupee / Deb (Period III)(1835-1910) made of brass/copper or ½ Rupee (Deb)(1790-1840) made of silver. I will have to check the weight and diameter during lunch.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Actually it REALLY looks like a bhutan 1/2 rupee (Deb) (1790-1840) made of silver just based on the design. Will still get those stats though. Thanks for the help!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Where would be a good place to try and find a value of this coin if it is the 1/2 rupee (deb) (1790-1840)? Quick internet search doesn't really show much about this old one. It is mostly the newer silver ones.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1911 Posts |
Ok the diameter of the "coin" is 1.75cm and the weight is 2.1 grams. I guess I didn't consider the possibility that this is just a button made to look like a bhutan rupee! :P Any thoughts?
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United States
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I guess the other possibility is that the button was made first, and was so impressive that they made the bhutan rupee to look like it  . |
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 Australia
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It is indeed a Bhutan coin, subsequently holed to make a button.
As for value, the whole "holed to make a button" thing kind of ruins it, numismatically. So any value it retains will be purely based on silver content, I suspect.
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
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Austria
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The value for a coin collector is probably near zero, but a button-collector might be happy to own a historical button from India, which was once a coin.
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