http://www.sakaaltimes.com/2009/01/09224035/Get-a-glimpse-of-two-Shivajie.html Fair Use Snippet of a larger Article: Get a glimpse of two Shivaji-era coins Correspondent Friday, January 09th, 2009 AT 10:01 PM Tags: International Collector’s Society of Rare Itemsm, Shivaji era Close... Test Two rare ‘hons’, gold coins minted to commemorate the coronation of warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji in June 1674, will be on display at a three-day exhibition being held under the aegis of Pune-based International Collector’s Society of Rare Items (ICSRI). Billed as part of only seven existing coins of the particular genre, the round shaped hons weigh around 2.8 gm each and are little smaller than a 25 paise coin in size, ICSRI president Shrinivas Bhat told mediapersons. The exhibition will commence at Sonal Hall on Karve Road from Saturday. This would be the first public display of the coins in Pune, he claimed.....
not cause i am from india and this post is related to Indian coins... but Ruben i am surprised to see you post an article from a newspaper (which aint a leading one but a regional one)..you must be really interested in coins didnt know indians coins are that popular in US hope this doesnt drive up the prices of the indian coins
thats what driving the cost up ... but seriously that one nice coin... wish i could have one.. but none of them come for less than 20$..:hatchr do they?
btw i just crossed 100 posts... do i get anything as a gift or something?...a morgan maybe i am still waiting on that mohor from spock
Thank for sharing this interesting article with us. I was visiting "Prince of Wales" museum in Bombay several years ago and remember seeing one of these Hons in there collection. In those days, the museum also produced very limited numbers of gold replicas in a presentation folder. I purchased couple of those presentation folders from their visitor centre. Couple of years back, I saw one gold Hon appeared in a CNG's auction and that's the only record of this coin being offered in any public auction. Indeed, an extremely rare and a very historical coin. Regards, Ballabh Garg
