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Help In Identifying Coins | Mughal Rupee

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Can anyone help me in identifying these coins. My wife was given two coins by a dive instructor in Sri Lanka after the 2004 tsunami.

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Hello and welcome.

I'll be moving your thread to the World COins section once I've finished posting this.

Your coin is an Indian rupee, or perhaps a half-rupee (we can't tell how large it is by the photographs; a rupee should weigh about 11 grams, a half-rupee half of that). It is dated 1113 in the Islamic calendar and to the 46th year of reign of the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb Alamgir, a date which converts roughly to AD 1701-1702. The Mughal empire used several dozen mints to strike rupees; unfortunately, I can't read the mint-name on yours (I believe most of it is off the flan; these coins were struck much smaller than the dies used to make them, so they often are missing important details).

I am a little worried about the colour; it's supposed to be good silver. There are lightweight counterfeits of this date around, so check the weight to make sure it's correct.
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Thanks for the information. The coins measure 25mm in diameter. The colour is because no cleaning has taken place since they were recovered from the sea. I haven't weighed them but they feel heavy for their size, compared to a modern coin.
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I have now been able to weigh the coins, and both weigh 12grams. I presume this would confirm them as genuie rupees. Can you tell me what they may be worth, and what is the best way to have them cleaned.
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