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Unidentified Far East Coin | Mewar Half-Rupee 1928

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My name is David and I am a new member of CoinCommunity. I have a silver coin from the Far East (I believe) that is the size of a U.S. quarter. I have looked under Tibet, Nepal and Indian Princely States to no avail. Can anyone give me a clue where to look for this coin? Thanks!
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Hello and welcome.

Your bottom picture is upside-down.

When I see a coin with Devanagari script and a "city-view" not entirely unlike European city-view images, I immediately go to the Indian princely state of Mewar. SUre enough, your coin is there: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/me...ncely-1.html

I have to go look up how big a US quarter is in millimetres, before I can tell you which denomination it is; this state issued 1 rupee, 1/2 rupee, 1/4 rupee, 1/8 rupee and 1/16 rupee coins, all with identical design, only differing in size. But the coin is dated 1985 in the vikramasamvat calendar (AD 1928).
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Ah. 24mm. That would be the half-rupee, then.
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Thank you so much! I looked for hours and you answered my question in a few minutes!
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