India - Princely States - Hammered Coin - ID Help?

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asdf123 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 06/06/2012 01:15 am I've had this coin in the collection for a while, but have never been able to identify it, or for that matter even figure out which way is up. I love the texture of the hammering, and the deep lines - it's a really bold coin. I've flipped through the Standard Catalogue of World Coins several times trying to ID the coin specifically, and haven't had any photo match exactly. It is about 19mm in circumference. Any help would be appreciated. Edited by asdf123 06/06/2012 01:20 am Report this Post to the Staff

Babar Valued Member Pakistan 207 Posts	Posted 06/06/2012 02:45 am The way you have them showing is the right way up. I can sort of read the script, but I've always found older Islamic coins to be, while very pretty, also very congested and difficult to read. I can make out "Muhammad Sapa/spa...something" on the top of the first pic, which I guess isn't really helpful. The 2nd pic has the number "21" written on it. It could be the date, but that would be confusing... 1321AH would correspond to 1903, or maybe it could be 1221AH, which would mean 1806. EDIT: And I think I found it. It could possibly be 1 Mohur from the Indian Princely State of Bharatpur. While the style of the wording is slightly different, and your one doesn't have the star and the little minaret thing, I believe the words are the same: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces30190.html Edited by Babar 06/06/2012 03:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
asdf123 New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 06/06/2012 09:56 am Babar, Thanks for the help. That looks very close. I posted to another forum and got a closer id in that same kingdom, here: http://www215.pair.com/sacoins/publ...muhshah.html Report this Post to the Staff
drnsreedhar Pillar of the Community India 1995 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 3:00 pm This is a coin of Muhammad shah, Mughal (1718-1748) minted at "Dar ul Khilafat" Shahjahanabad, meaning Delhi in his regnal year 21. The upper image reads like "Muhammad shah Badshah ghazi Sahib Qiran" and the other side "(dar ul)Khila(fat) Shah (jahanabad) Palus Falus" .If the coin weighs around 11 gms in silver, it is a rupee. Please see this link http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...hd-7_opt.jpg Edited by drnsreedhar 06/08/2012 3:04 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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