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New Member
Pakistan
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my maternal grand mother gave me this coin. she received this from her maternal grand mother. I need help in identifying this coin. its origin and most important, its value. thanks.   Tentatively identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Either that's really a chocholate chip cookie and you're playing with us, or you need a better photo.
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Moderator
 Australia
16845 Posts |
Yes, sorry, we're going to need a more in-focus picture to be of much help to you. My best guess at this stage is a square copper coin from the mediaeval Sultanate of Malwa. Example on zeno.ru. Letting us know the size and if possible the weight might also help us narrow it down. 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
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Yes - another set of pics would help too  |
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New Member
 Pakistan
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i took this pic from my mobile camera. unfortunately I dont have better than that. I will try to post a better pic. thanks
and sap, this coin doesn't seems to me as the coin you give the link. I think its different. I may be wrong as you know better than me.
can you tell me how can I find its size. I dont have anything to find its weight too. is there any solution
Edited by rehan4pk
07/15/2010 05:31 am
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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Bank, chemist or jewelery shop, they all should have precise scale. Ask them to weight it for you. To find the size is easy, just measure it.  |
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Pillar of the Community
India
1995 Posts |
This looks like a sultanate coin from India. Probably a better image can help.
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Pillar of the Community
India
1995 Posts |
Frowning on the image, I get a feel that it is a coin of Qutb uddin Mubarak (1316-1320)Sultan of Delhi. I am trying to post another image to compare.  Edited by drnsreedhar
12/02/2010 09:49 am
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Pillar of the Community
India
1995 Posts |
This can be seen as Type 1016 in Standard catalogue of Sultanate coins of India by Dilip Rajgor and as No.417 (Nelson Wright).
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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How was that coin made? Was it all one big coin and then chopped up like bank notes?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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a mobile phone camera can get a in focus picture better than that. it doesn't matter if its a VGA camera it has to be able to get a focused picture or its worthless. Maybe you can back off of the "coin" a little to get in focus pictures and then crop the pics but its hard to tell what we are looking at with it so far out of focus even though there have been some educated guesses posted here
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Australia
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How was that coin made? Was it all one big coin and then chopped up like bank notes? Not the coin itself, but the blanks. Being square or rectangular would have allowed them to more neatly adjust the weight of each blank prior to striking. India has a long history of issuing square or rectangular coins. 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
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Australia
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And drnsreedhar's pic is a close enough match for me, without a better pic from the OP to compare it with. I'm calling it solved.
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
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New Member
Pakistan
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unfortunately I dont have any better camera.
the coin looks exactly as drnsreedhar posted but my coin's colour is now turned into dark brown / black.
may I know the value of this coin?
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Pillar of the Community
India
1995 Posts |
Hai rehan4pk, I am happy that I could be of help. Do not worry about its colour. Copper coins usually turn brown to black. The coin is not uncommon. We in India are getting this variety in good condition occasionally. I think it is valued around 150 Indian rupees.
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New Member
Pakistan
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This is an old coin as the experts said. Only $4 value?
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Posted 07/14/2010 9:45 pm
