Looking for information on these Indian cardboard Token coins of King Edward VII. Made in Germany. Please take a look I'd be interested if anyone has some information on these. One is ( Half Anna 1911 ) and the other is ( Half Rupee 1911 ) I have some others but thought I'd post these first. I've added an extra photo of George V. 2 Annas as this is the same as a real 2 Annas apart from having ( Made in Germany )
I have a similar set but have no further information about these other than these being play money. BTW these depict the effigy of King George V and not Eddie.
Hi thanks for the reply, I thought it strange that the date was 1911 so put Ed VII. I'll start to see if I can find anything esle on these and if I do I'll tell you.
Unusual stuff. First time I'm seeing cardboard play money designed with such perfect details. Anyway the obverses of the tokens are not Indian but the reverses are. Thanks for posting.
These are not really uncommon and a decent set would set you back by $40-50. Off-topic-- kidromeo, I see you are in the camp which considers the Sovereign not a part of the Indian coinage. The obverses of the first two are British but used in the Sovereign minted in Bombay. I too think this should be moved from the India section to the British one (I do have an example of this though )
Hey V, I really forgot about the 1918 Sovereign....lol Of course I very much consider the 1918 (I) Sovereign part of Indian coinage.:thumb: What I really meant was that some German company got really confused with Indian and British coins.
A little bit more info for you guy's, not a lot I know LOL http://mallar.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/paranumismatica-indian-token-coins/
Hi Andyj, The cardboard coins that you have come from a box of school teaching coins. The box would have contained between 100 to 200 coins for use in the class room. Longmans is an Englih company who specilised in the retailing of cardboard school teaching coins.The coins were manufactured in Germany as at that time it was illegal in England to reproduce the legal currency. I also have some of these 1911 and 1919 Indian coins in my cardboard collection. I also collect early Toy coins.
