My first two Indians

Heres some pics of my first two Indian coins

 

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Very Nice, I like that style, almost like those East India Company coins of the Victorian Age...

Thanks for posting them.
Ben

 

And that is the start of a illness that wont go away :bow: :bow: Welcome to the club LOL Great start Mate :thumb:

 

I know LOL !! I have a 1916 Hydrabad Rupee on the way too!! I know the Half Anna looks like it says 1855 but it is actually 1835.

 

the fractionals are difficult to find than their Rupee counterparts.. nice find.. :thumb:

 

ia m glad you got sucked in one crew member on the voyage to discover new and exciting indian coins and dont listen to De Orc he is busy playing Dr Scully at the moment its not an illness its a gift maybe we can make a believer out of bonedigger too?

 

You faked me out-- I was expecting to see some nice high grade Indian cents.
Still nice, tho.

 

Thanks guys!! I found this in a draw today as well.

 

i'm not sure why in 99.9% of the Edward VII 1 Anna coins, the bust is almost worn out...

 

spiral you gets lots of them in gem uncirculated you just have to look (withthe bust not worn out)

 

Could it possibly be they rubbed the kings head for luck? I do know that many thought a kings touch could cure illness & if you look at the coinage of Elisabeth the first (amongst others) you normaly find the heads very worn Just a thought.

 

Humor saves the day

 

Actualy while I did mean it in a humerous way about this coin, it is very true of a lot of the hammerd early coins, the populace believed in the divinity of the monarchy, and as the king or queens portrait was on the coinage perhaps that would have the same effect as touching the real thing

 

spock, if you know a place where i can buy the 1 anna coins of Edward VII in UNC, please let me know... i'd like to buy one for my collection...

 

check ebay (uk version) they show up there.

 

I just received a Maratha Confederacy (C. 1750) the other day. Not in the greatest shape, but I like it anyway.
Raja Sri Chhatrapati
Shivaji
KM# 267

The coin is slightly too big for my QX5.

 

nice coin

 

I just got these coins. I already have 5 from British India. So, I am going to try and collect a few coins from this period. I really like them.



It cost me like $1 a coin.

 

where did u get them that cheap?

 

ebay!!! - try different domains to look for coins. For example, ebay.co.uk - ebay.de - ebay.com.au