Help - Indian Rupee Copper/Nickel?! Fake? | Temple Token

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bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 11:20 am Hi, what do you think about this coin - buying as silver but after test - it is not solid silver. Maybe copper/nickel? Hard coin similar to copper nickel. There is no silver content. What do you think about coin, help me... 10.9 grams/ 19/19/3 mm Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Edited by bobo13 01/22/2010 12:47 pm Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 4:28 pm I haven't found a match in either 1800's or 1900's Krause. Could this be any older than that, in such nice condition? Or, maybe, it just pretends to be a coin? Report this Post to the Staff
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 01/22/2010 5:00 pm Similar coins are sold on ebay as silver rupees from 16 century - India, with 11 grams weight and 20-21/20-21 mm measure (I think). But this maybe is fake 20 century made copper/nickel... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16809 Posts	Posted 01/23/2010 01:29 am Yes, sadly, this is not a genuine Indian coin, and probably not made of silver. It's an Islamic "temple token", made in imitation of the square silver coinage of Mughal emperor Akbar. The "date" on your coin is a badly mangled "963", which was the year Akbar came to power (= AD 1556) but your "coin" would not be as old as that; these temple tokens are typically 20th or late 19th century concoctions. See this Zeno page for several examples of such "temple tokens"; compare these designs with genuine square rupees of Akbar by clicking here on this Zeno page and finding coins like this one. 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
bobo13 Valued Member Bulgaria 474 Posts	Posted 01/23/2010 04:27 am Thank you very much for the help. Refund for the "silver" rupee received... Report this Post to the Staff
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