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PeterPam1 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 11:52 am Can anyone help me identify or provide a direction in the identification of the attached coin...Appears to be Mughal of some sort...22 mm, weighs 4.15 grams...Thanks for any help...Peter Report this Post to the Staff

jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 2:00 pm Looks like a cast reproduction of a Rupee of Islam Shah Suri, Surid Dynasty (Afghanistan). I can see casting beads all over the place which would not be present on a struck version. Probably sand cast. Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 2:11 pm Copy of Mitchiner 2675 to be more precise. Report this Post to the Staff
PeterPam1 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 5:14 pm Thanks....for the information...The weight and size is what gave me a problem...I do know for sure that the coin is over 110 years old...I didn't know they would have made sand casts around the time the original coin was struck...Thank you for the help...Peter Report this Post to the Staff
jcmworld Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 01/14/2013 9:58 pm Casting was not a mode of production during this period for silver. The original was issued by Islam Shah ibn Sher Shah Suri who ruled from 1545-1554. It should be a rupee of his standard (11.6 g). The size on these varies from 19-24 mm. The Suris ruled in Southern Afghanistan, the Punjab and as far as the Ganges. Wikipedia has a passable article on the Surids. Report this Post to the Staff
PeterPam1 New Member United States 12 Posts	Posted 01/15/2013 7:22 pm Thanks JCMWorld for that latest information...I appreciate it! Report this Post to the Staff
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