300 Year Old Indian Rupee For Your Grading Opinion

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maudry Pillar of the Community Luxembourg 588 Posts	Posted 06/25/2007 3:01 pm This is a Rupee from the Mughal Empire. Dated AH1112 which is 1700 in the Gregorian calendar. Image: india19.jpg 29.85 KB Just thought I present an unusual coin for your grading opinions. Report this Post to the Staff

mrcoin Valued Member United States 199 Posts	Posted 06/28/2007 07:00 am I am by no means proficent at grading 300 year old rupees, but it looks to be in the vf-ef range Report this Post to the Staff
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 06/28/2007 08:28 am Nice looking coin for it's age - how big is it? It resembles a "larin" to me. AU-50? hehe... I don't know wat it's meant to look like in BUNC anyway :( Edited by NumisMattyUk 06/28/2007 08:29 am Report this Post to the Staff
maudry Pillar of the Community Luxembourg 588 Posts	Posted 06/29/2007 04:50 am It's Weight is 11.37 gr at a size of 23 mm. It has been minted under Aurangzeb Alamgir at Itawa mint. The silver is of the purest that the refining technology at that time allowed to obtain. These coins were hammered and the dies were larger than the coins, so that no coins will look exactly the same. Very often these coins have some punch marks to check if they are not only coated with silver. I believe it's a good XF Report this Post to the Staff
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