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mjhaman New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 11:07 am Thanks in advance! Is that Mickey Mouse under the alter? Report this Post to the Staff

nalaberong Pillar of the Community Canada 2805 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 11:13 am It's an Indian temple token. Report this Post to the Staff
mjhaman New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 11:30 am Is it old or worth anything? Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 1:16 pm Most were probably made within the past 100 years. The scene, the Ram Dubar, is from the Ramayana, and features Rama and Sita seated on a platform (dubar) for Rama's coronation, flanked by Rama's half-brothers, Lakshman to the left, and Baratha and Satrughna to the right. "Mickey Mouse" offering prayers before the platform is actually everyone's favorite character from the Ramayana, the monkey-god Hanuman. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 2:12 pm Rama DuRbar "Hindu Indian temple token", also known as a "Ramatanka". Here are a lot of these: http://indiannumismatics.com/produc...?id=152&pg=4 Yours looks like No63: http://indiannumismatics.com/prodde...?prod=152164 About prices : http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi...ain_coin=521 Note that many, many tokenscan be found that are modern reproductions. Edited by Petrus 07/09/2014 4:07 pm Report this Post to the Staff
mjhaman New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 6:10 pm Thanks guys! How does one find out if he has a modern repro or the real deal? Would a good local shop be able to tell? Do I or would it be worth sending it somewhere? Report this Post to the Staff
RogerRamjet Valued Member United States 172 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 8:21 pm Welcome mjhaman! I'm no expert but I know that Indian temple tokens show up fairly regularly in this Identification forum. That suggests that they are not terribly rare and were probably produced in large quantities, which means that they probably aren't worth very much. That suggests that they probably aren't frequently reproduced or counterfeited. Yours certainly looks authentic and I see no reason to doubt that it is. It's real value to the person who originally received it would have been spiritual rather than monetary. Unless you happen to be Hindu, I think what you have is a very interesting curiosity piece. Report this Post to the Staff
mjhaman New Member United States 41 Posts	Posted 07/09/2014 9:13 pm Thanks RogerRamjet! Report this Post to the Staff
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