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DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 5:08 pm Silver, 21mm, 5.2g Edited by DCH 05/20/2012 5:11 pm Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 7:51 pm India, 1/2 rupee, native states. What State I don't know. I have old editions of Krause that show a lot of these over the last four centuries, but I would need to spend an hour to find out, because I can't read the script. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16831 Posts	Posted 05/20/2012 11:11 pm DCH is better identifying this kind of coin than me, so I'm not sure how much help I'll be... But the teardrop-shaped central element in the top pic makes me think Central Asia, rather than India proper. I'm also thinking this coin was overstruck on something else, with much of the undertype's design remaining, confusing matters further. 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
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 05/21/2012 03:13 am The smaller circular part of the design may give some clue in aid to identification. I am now tempted to trolling through old Krause catalogues. That means looking randomly at hundreds of pictures. If I get the time, I'll have a go at it. Report this Post to the Staff
DCH Pillar of the Community United States 645 Posts	Posted 05/21/2012 10:25 pm Thanks for the ideas, I finally found it. Timurids: Abu'l Qasim Babur 1447-1457, AR Tanka. Report this Post to the Staff
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