This coin is WAY out of my knowledge base, but appears to be legit. India-Kutch 1941 5 Kori 2016 Krause lists it as XF/$32, MS-60/$35 I paid (with S&H) $22.50. It's supposed to be silver and mine sounds silver. Krause says it weighs 13.87 gm and mine weighs 13.92 gm (0.36% variance). That's the best I can do. What do you think?
Hi Kanga, it looks legit to me based on your pics, the inscriptions and weight. This is what I saw on NGC but it was difficult to find because it doesn't come up under 1941 or VS1998 for Kutch. This info only adds the inscription and ruler info. The NGC prices are the same as yours (the VG8 is $25). Cool coin. SPECIFICATIONS Composition: Silver Fineness: 0.9370 Weight: 13.8700g ASW: 0.417836899384314oz Melt Value: $6.10 (5/17/2019) DESIGN Obverse Inscription: George VI NOTES Ruler: Khengarji III
Ah ha!!! But I bet you're older than I. My birthday is in late December. I needed someone to make me feel younger
It's really enjoyable. I stick with just getting a coin. I don't worry much about grade as long as the coin reasonable, i.e., recognizable. And I generally pass on the expensive ones.
Looks right enough for my knowledge. I like the coin and seems to be in solid shape. If only we could all look that good at that age.
I have a whole lot of Indian coins, including over 100 ancient ones, with languages that look like UFO lingo. I am slowly getting them identified and sorted out properly, and it sure is a lot of work. Thank the coin Gods for places like CT, zeno.ru, Paul the Spaniard and some other knowledgeable folks. Now let me see if I can post a coin from the year of my birth...there, found 30 of them, and this one looks real pretty.
I was also born in 1949. In addition to US coins, I collect world coins by type, and concentrate on 1949 dates for a given type and country. It has been fun.
Message for you '49ers, although this may be nothing new to you. Don't forget to learn a lot about your birthyear. I don't mean family matters, but what was major in USA, and also the world. Because some of that may well have been reflected on coins of that time. It also makes your coins more interesting to you, knowing a little more about them.
Hi kanga. That coin is Sikh. Obverse, I am told, is either Urdu or Arabic. Reverse is Hindhi. The coin is Sikh. "Sikka, the Punjabi word for coin, is borrowed from Persian, meaning both "a die for coining" and "rule, law, regulation" (implying sovereignty). the text says something about Maharaja Dheeraj Singh. Look up his name online, referring to coins, also look up"Sikh coins".- I hope this makes you feel younger !
