Posted 08/14/2011 08:03 am
There is an "Identification Required" forum for things like this, but never mind... it'll be moved to the appropriate forum once I post this answer.
Your coin is not actually a coin, but a typical member of a class of coin-like objects called "Indian temple tokens" in the West. In India, they are known as "Ramatanka", "Rama" being the chief deity depicted on it and "tanka" being a mediaeval Indian coin and unit of weight. Earlier types are silver, but they are still being made today, and modern ones usually are not silver.
We've seen them on the forum several times, including this exact same design (which seems to be the most common one), here, here and here to give just a few examples. Here is the zeno.ru oriental coin database page for Hindu temple tokens.
Your coin is not actually a coin, but a typical member of a class of coin-like objects called "Indian temple tokens" in the West. In India, they are known as "Ramatanka", "Rama" being the chief deity depicted on it and "tanka" being a mediaeval Indian coin and unit of weight. Earlier types are silver, but they are still being made today, and modern ones usually are not silver.
We've seen them on the forum several times, including this exact same design (which seems to be the most common one), here, here and here to give just a few examples. Here is the zeno.ru oriental coin database page for Hindu temple tokens.
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