Indian Coin? Arabic? | Hindu "temple Token"

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charles1766 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/16/2010 7:29 pm I think this is Indian, but I can't find it anywhere on the internet. does anyone have any idea what it might be? http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/...nt=front.jpg http://s104.photobucket.com/albums/...ent=back.jpg I'm pretty stumped. Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 07/16/2010 8:00 pm Hello and welcome to the forum I believe we can help. It's not a coin. It belongs to a class of objects known as "temple tokens". They are basically religious amulets, and all the major religions of India seem to issue them. This one is Hindu, with Rama seated with attendants on one side and the monkey-headed Hanuman on the other. This exact same type, though with slightly different lettering on the reverse, can be seen here on zeno.ru. 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
charles1766 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 07/16/2010 8:44 pm thanks, that was fast. I'm not really sure that's great news, but I'm more interested in history than monetary value. I can't find how old it is, exactly, but I choose to believe it's really old Report this Post to the Staff
turtleoverhead Pillar of the Community Australia 585 Posts	Posted 07/16/2010 11:25 pm This is the correct approach. Report this Post to the Staff
drnsreedhar Pillar of the Community India 1995 Posts	Posted 09/15/2010 12:00 am This definitely is a temple token from India popularly known as "Ramatanka". Main provenance of this is state of Uthar Pradesh in India. Report this Post to the Staff
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Indian Coin? Arabic? | Hindu "Temple Token"