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Hello, would anyone know Nepalis and help to translate this coin? Thank you in advance. 1943 (VS2000), 10.99 gr, 29.7 mm, medal alignment Observe  Reverse  |
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01/15/2014 12:01 pm
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Sorry I'm confused. VS2000 does translate to 1943 but I can't find any listing for that year. And one of the symbols below the sword is different from the 1 Rupee #723.
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Are you looking in the right place, thai-vic? Coins of Nepal are sub-sorted by monarch, then by denomination. You need to look in the King Tribhuvana section. And the pics match what I see in my version of Krause (41st ed.) and what you see on the NGC database page. 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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Thank you all of your information. I get the first information.  How about the meaning of the 4 icons on the observe side? thai-vic, this coin is KM#723. |
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Another piece of information of this coin.  Crescent represents the Royal family of the kingdom. Sun(from Wikipedia): The Rana dynasty (Nepali: राणा शासन, Rāņā shāsana) was an Anglophile oligarchic Hindu Rajput dynasty[1] which ruled the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other government positions hereditary. |
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Another information on the reverse side.  |
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How about the meaning of the 4 icons on the observe side? They are objects of important religious significance in Hinduism; the four-armed god Vishnu is usually depicted holding all four. The seashell in the top right corner is a Shankha, a sacred conch; bottom right is a gada, a weapon resembling a mace; bottom left is a lotus flower, and top left is Vishnu's disc-like throwing weapon, the Sudarshana Chakra. I can't read the language well enough to give you a proper translation, but one character in particular I do recognize: "Sri", meaning good or honourable or holy, is repeated multiple times. One the obverse it appears twice at the top between the sun and moon, and again at top left inside the square. You will also find it three times in a row in the reverse legend, above and either side of the sword and once more in the inner inscription to the left of the sword. 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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