An ugly modern coin, but look anyway.

I picked up this interesting coin recently and thought I would share. Certainly not a sweet looking "fine style" Greek is it? The obverse is a lion (or tiger...or hyena?), and the reverse is text mostly off flan (date and mint?)....I'm not sure I have it oriented correctly?

This coin was minted in Hyderbad, a region of central India. When I first saw it I assumed it was minted around 800-1200, something like that. Turns out it was minted about 1850. Neat to see an ancient looking hammered coin that was minted so recently. Does anyone know when the last hammered currency was produced? This has to be getting pretty close if it isn't the end.




INDIA, ELICHPUR (HYDERABAD FEUDATORY): Copper paisa. Mid 19th century.
O: Lion left, R: legend. 18 mm, 11.1 g.


Check out how thick the flan is....




Post any lions, tigers, or bears from Asia or any "modern" hammered coins.

 

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Sweet coin man. I think @John Anthony has some Vietnamese? (I think I can't remember) coins that were struck quite recently. I think it's pretty neat how some cultures carried on the striking method so long.

 

I always suspected Pokemon were real. Your coin confirms it.

 

i thought it looked like one of those pokemon things also!!! LOL!

 

India, Bundi princely state, 1932, reign of George V and Vikrama Samva. KM 18.2

The obverse inscription is GEORGE V EMPEROR
The reverse inscription is बूंदी ("Bundi" in Devanagari) and a date in some weird era.

The obverse depicts a "katara" or push dagger. It is characterised by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip, which results in the blade of the sword sitting above the user's knuckles. Unique to South Asia, it is the most famous and characteristic of Indian daggers. Ceremonial katara were also used in worship.

The coins of Bundi on one side look like typical Indian "dump" coins and thus it is a strange feeling to turn them over and see Latin letters and inscriptions we know from British coins.

 

oh wow, that's cool! never seen this type before.

 

First thought was Jolteon, but that is not quite a fit...

 

Allow me a small correction: "Vikrama Samvat" is the name of the era.
The "Bundi" is at the top of the reverse and only partly visible.
The text in the center reads "Ram Singh". This refers to the local ruling dynasty.
The date is at the bottom.

 

a hammered coin from India , also minted in the 19th Century
Like it because of the name Jesus saviour is on the coin, the Maharadja did that probably to please his Empress Victoria.
The Maharadja had a son Ram Singh (1861-1899)

 

chrsmat => I always love seeing your cool coin-additions (I love your new beefy addition ... cool lion)

 

that's cool also andres, i interesting to see the christian symbols on that coin.