Found Unknown Smallest Coin Ever.... ID help?

Hi all. While pawing through 10 lbs of non-us coins I got recently I came across this little guy. At just about half the diameter of a US dime (shown on top of one for size comparison) it is the smallest coin I own What the heck is it?

 

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Look under the Indian princely state of Travancore.

 

Thanks! With that info I found this, to my complete astonishment!

http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/world-coin-prices.aspx?category=49147&worldcoinid=133760

 

Better pic than NGC, but not nearly as nice as mine (Scroll down near the bottom) http://nvpcollections.blogspot.com/2012/12/india-princely-state-coins.html

It's a 1901 1 Cash coin from the India Pricely State of Travancore.

 

That might be a different type, I can't see a thing in their scan. There is no way this coin is worth more than $10.

 

[quote="Ardatirion, post: 1751710, member: 9204" I can't see a thing in their scan. There is no way this coin is worth more than $10.[/quote] .....................................................I just have to ask, if you can't see it, how do you know what it is and what it's worth? Curious.

 

From $15 to $99 on fee-bay http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odk...1+cash.TRS0&_nkw=travancore+1+cash&_sacat=256

 

I can't see it either. The scan is far too fussy.

BTW, what is the size of your coin in mm?

 

Ummm, I've got a coin that's a mere 7.9 mm in diameter (weighing-in at 0.52 grams of silver)

Samos, Ionia, AR Obol
Obverse: Lion's Skin
Reverse: Scorpion





=> dats purdy dang small, eh?

 

Yes, and I have one about the same size, coming in at 8mm, .46g

AEOLIS, KYME AR Hemiobol
OBV: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off flan)
REV: Quadrapartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern

 

It SAYS that they are 10.8mm... however I haven't measured it myself.

 

ok putting it against a ruler with mm it's just under 11mm, so 10.8 is probably right. It is also a very thin planchet; just over a half a mm.

 

So, then the coins presented by stevex6 and I are even smaller. And consider there was no automation. All hand cut dies and hand struck. Pretty impressive don't you think? All that detail on such small flans. Magnificent artwork.

 

agreed.

 

I seriously need to find one of those little Travancore coins for my hoard.

 

That is not Samos. It's from Mylassa in Caria. I believe theres a brief discussion of these coins in SNG Kayhan.

 

The half obol on the upper left is the smallest (9mm) coin I own It dates from 550 BC from Ionia (Miletus, Lydia).

 

This guy comes in at a 1/4 inch diameter.

 

update:

I believe this is actually a mule. obverse of KM#46 (wider conch shell) and the reverse of KM#57 (see http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/World-Coin-Price-Guide.aspx for comparison) Your thoughts?