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Help I Think This Is An India Coin (Id: British India Half Anna)

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 Posted 02/10/2019  11:54 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add gr north to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hello
Would like help identifying this coin. My first thought was India but I cannot find it in any book.
Picture makes it look like a mess but it actually has some mint lustre.
Regards, Gary

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 Posted 02/10/2019  12:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Welcome Gary from Uganda! You'll enjoy this site. Someone will be along shortly that knows more than I to answer your question.
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You might want to start with Numista's British India page. If you can get the diameter and weight that will let you know which coin you have.
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...y&te=y&cat=y
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Likely the 1/4 Anna
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According to my precise calculations this is about a 26 mm coin, which (if copper) might be the 1/2 anna:
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces47902.html

If smaller, then albert is correct.
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Thanks to all...I appreciate the knowledge.
I am concluding it is the 29mm 1/2 anna coin.
I do not know metric but it is a good 3/32 inch over 1 inch which, at .039 mm to the inch, figures way closer to 29mm than 26
I am thinking it is the 2nd issue...it is a thick coin.
That's my story and I am sticking to it.
Glad I found this forum and will spend some time here...
Have some odd old world error coins well american too.
Thanks again, Gary
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