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<p>[QUOTE="Cooper Simpson, post: 1928522, member: 71088"]Hi guys... I have been stuck on this little coin which I have been trying to ID for about a month now. I have gone through every image in KM catalogues for india from 1700 to 1940... Stumped! </p><p><br /></p><p>I've been told this :" coin has islamic calligraphy on it, so my guess is it may belong to <i>Mughal Empire</i> era. They used Islamic motifs extensively during Akbar's regime. Search for more coin patterns from Mughal's time and you will notice the similarity. Now someone who can read 'urdu' may be able to give more inputs."</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/h13CJ1H.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/h13CJ1H.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/h13CJ1H.jpg</a></p><p><a href="http://i.imgur.com/exA5WSN.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://i.imgur.com/exA5WSN.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/exA5WSN.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I want to say its the size of like 1/8th Rupee if it is Indian</p><p><br /></p><p>Any help is much appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cooper Simpson, post: 1928522, member: 71088"]Hi guys... I have been stuck on this little coin which I have been trying to ID for about a month now. I have gone through every image in KM catalogues for india from 1700 to 1940... Stumped! I've been told this :" coin has islamic calligraphy on it, so my guess is it may belong to [I]Mughal Empire[/I] era. They used Islamic motifs extensively during Akbar's regime. Search for more coin patterns from Mughal's time and you will notice the similarity. Now someone who can read 'urdu' may be able to give more inputs." [url]http://i.imgur.com/h13CJ1H.jpg[/url] [url]http://i.imgur.com/exA5WSN.jpg[/url] I want to say its the size of like 1/8th Rupee if it is Indian Any help is much appreciated![/QUOTE]
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