Ratlam state paisa. Date is actually VS 1945 -- 1888. Krause is wrong in saying it is VS 1947 and the book on Ratlam coinage gives the right date...
Very nice coin regandon! Congrats on the new purchase.
ebay does not seem to care about these being reported to them. I pity the buyers. Here are two more copies of Madras 2 pagoda and pagoda gold...
Very nice kidromeo. I hope you enjoyed yourself there.
These seem to be the common W.W. raised variety and with the stains and all you would just get a little above melt for these.
Nice looking medal!
The same seller is also calling an ex-mount coin to be a stuck-thru error!...
The Rupee also has the same type of 5. Quoting the auction catalog "While KM breaks these down to a large and small date for this year, the real...
Very easy to differentiate the large and small 5's. Not my coin or picture but just to illustrate the large 5. [IMG]
Very interesting discussion and most of the posts were great. I would just like to say that error coins popularity should be a percent of the...
Nice coin timothytrout.
Thanks for this info Prestoninanus. Do you happen to know if the thieves did get to the 1933 penny? ;-)
They could have done better on the design for these coins. Seems they are now going the US route after all these nicer designs earlier.
King William seems to have a case of goiter in the fake coin. :-)
My first post in many days. I do not normally comment on auctions in progress, but this one is different. The following ebay auction has a fake...
I do that all the time but not so lucky as you!:)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8060020.stm Any stories from the local folks about the same in your town?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280378266628&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT And some (probably new) collector was taken and thought...
My first thoughts when I read the title. I guess we have to go back to the old fashioned way of looking up auction catalogs and prices realized--...
That might well be the case! I did not know that and thanks for this interesting bit of trivia.
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