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bonedoc New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 07:12 am I was wondering if anyone could identify this coin for me. It is silver and was a gift, purchased in china. Image: DSC_5724.jpg 78.94 KB Image: DSC_5726.jpg 80.86 KB Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 08:57 am Tricky. It's clearly of Indian origin - the script appears to be Devanagari, the alphabet normally used to write Sanskrit and other Hindu languages. Your pictures of both sides are upside down. There's even what appears to be a series of numbers, on pic #5726, the line second from the bottom (when rotated) - it looks to me like it's probably a date, reading "1?85". Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a certain match for the second numeral; my best guess is a "4", but without sure knowledge of this, I can't even tell which calendar this is supposed to be using. It might not even be a coin; in India, both Hindu and Muslim religious sites produce souvenir amulets, known as "temple tokens". If so, then the numbers may not be a date at all, but have some other meaning. SOmeone who can actually read this script would be most helpful to you. I could probably try to work it out from first principles, but as you can see from the Wikipedia article, this script is not one that's easily translated letter-for-letter into English. Can we have some measurements? Size and, if possible, weight? That might help. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
alexgutmancoins New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 11/20/2008 01:50 am This is a Mewar(Indian States) coin. All denominations have the same design. So 1/16 Rupee(Y#18) is 12mm, 1/8Rupee(Y#19) is 15mm, 1/4Rupee(Y#20)is 19mm, 1/2Rupee(Y#21) is 24mm and Rupee(Y#22) is 30mm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 11/20/2008 03:18 am Ah, that's it! Thanks, alex. The missing digit is a "9". "1985" in the Vikramasamvat calendar equates to 1928 AD. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
bonedoc New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 11/20/2008 04:01 am thank you so much. it is 12 mm in size. Report this Post to the Staff
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