Baroda - Indian Princely State

Ballabh,that is a very nice collection you have got there.It is a pity that the machine-struck Barodan silver coins are so difficult to find.

Aidan.

 

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It's good to see so many nice quality and scarce Baroda coins all at the same sitting. I'm used to seeing the occasional one every two or three years or so....if i'm lucky that is!

Thanks for sharing.

Ian

 

Wow, that a tough one to decipher.. The angle of the loop coming out seems very funny for a 4... it would look more like an 8, the only issue is, with the font that is used, the loop should have extended downwards much further until the base of the 9.

 

Ian,I checked your photos again,& there is definitely no overdate there.The Barodan series is a very challenging series to collect,even in the copper coins.

Aidan.

 

Sorry, but you must either be looking in the wrong place Aidan, or be in need of a new prescription for your glasses. There is an overdate.

Ian

 

Ian,my eyesight is fine,so therefore,I don't need to get a pair of glasses.As for looking in the wrong place,I don't think so! I had also checked the numeral chart in my 1981 Krause as well.My conclusion is there's no overdate,but there are a few die cracks in the vicinity of the date,which are very clear.

Aidan.

 

Ian,

I stand corrected and the coin you posted is definitely a 1949/4. It's easy to get confused between 4 and 8 overdate varieties as both of them have the lower loop present.

However on 1949/8, the upper stroke of numeral 8 is also present on coin.

Here is a scan of 1949/8 variety


And here is 1949/4 variety (which is same as yours)


And another 1949/4


Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

I must respectfully disagree with your conclusion vis a vis the subject of glasses as well as the overdate.

Ian

 

Thanks for confirming. Yes, your image 16969 of the 1949/4 does seem to be a match.

You seem to have quite a collection. Not many people would be able to pull so many Barodan coins out of the hat like that.

 

Those Baroda coins are great, thanks for all the informative discussion. I couldn't help but noticing a great deal of reverse design similarity between the paisa and another coin:

 

Can you believe that this thread is over 10 years old .. and still very relevant?

I was researching some of my Baroda 2 Paisa coins and ended up reading this post. There is no doubt about the overdate 1949/8. You can clearly see a distinct 8 and a 9 over it. Even though the 9 in my case is rotated 90 degrees?!

Example: 1949/8 (Inverted 9)


However I am not very sure about the 1949/4 variety. I actually found two types of it. One with remnants of something under 9 and one with no remnants.

Example: 1949/Remnants of something (Multiple lines)


Example: 1949 with a tail. I see no remnants here


The angle of the tail is nowhere close to the angles of 4 right next to it.

Appreciate your thoughts on this.