Well, to be honest, these all depend on how you define corruption. The Chinese do this with the goodwill of the government out there. The...
Indeed, this is a Gold Fanam from India. Specifically, it is a 1 Fanam from the state of Cochin (KM#10). The coin belongs to the 18th C.
Well.. I'm afraid, these are pure Fakes!! I've come across lot of these coins in the Indian markets now a days. And their origin is from...
Sorry.. I'm a bit late... I was with my newborn girl for a while.. Aidan is dead right about the Half Anna. Its not...
hi, this is a 19th Century coin from the Sikh Kindom of India. Please refer the 19th C. catalogue.
hello... it looks very similar to the Anantaraya fanam of Travancore Princely State in India.. But I think, something is strange about this coin.....
By the by Aidan, my first posting in this forum was to know whether some of the coins I got were genuine or not... and to my horror, I found that...
Roy is right.. There are a lot of counterfeit crown size silver coins coming from China, Malasia and Indonasia. They are made of Nepalese Silver...
It is indeed Malayalam Era and not Malabar Era. Travancore is towards the south of Kerala State and Malabar is towards the north. And in...
Sorry for the late reply... The Republic of India does have some circulating FAO coins in the denominations of 5 paise, 10 Paise, 20 Paise, 1...
hi..sorry about this late reply.. here in India, there is not much effort been done to preserve all these treasures. So, most probably, what...
hello Aidan, sorry about this late reply.. Some of the Travancore Princely State coins have the Malayalam era dating system. To convert this to...
I've referred several editions of Krause and its my personal opinion that of late, the Krause is not that accurate on minor varieties and rarities.
Ya thats right. Krause is not perfect.. I feel that it is useful for collection of world coins in general only. If you are specific about a...
Gary, can you post some pictures?
It depends. In coins of India, you can find Die Cracks, Doubling etc... very often. Hence you cannot expect anything superlative for them. I'm not...
well done Bart...
can you post some pictures?
what about the Portuguese 200 Escudos and 250 Escudos? Are they circulating coins or are they just collectors' issues?
WOW!!! That Taler looks just great.... thanx for sharing...
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