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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JayAg47, post: 7578284, member: 112342&quot;]I&#039;m no expert on this area of numismatics, however I have noticed that certain coins from Australia, British, and India share a common weight standard of ~11.3 grams.</p><p>Examples:</p><p>Gandhara Janapada bent bar coin (Vcoins), 6-5th century BC, <u>11.38</u> g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306227[/ATTACH]</p><p>Akbar one rupee from the Mughals, 1586, 11.3g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306228[/ATTACH]</p><p>British East India Company one rupee, 1835, 11.6g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306230[/ATTACH]</p><p>British Florin- 11.31g (from Numista)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306232[/ATTACH]</p><p>Australia Florin- 11.31g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306233[/ATTACH]</p><p>Modern Australian 20 cent (replaced the florin)- 11.31g</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1306235[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Even the silver weight of the American 90% silver half dollars weigh 11.25 g!!</p><p>Hope [USER=93416]@EWC3[/USER] would chime in![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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