India (?) coin identification

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by oldwormwood, Mar 12, 2013.

  1. oldwormwood

    oldwormwood Collector

    I have never had luck identifying this coin. My gut tells me it is from India, but the writing may be Arabic. I've thumbed through two of the Krause catalogs, but have not come up with much.

    It seems to be made of copper, and is about 18mm in diameter. Any ideas?

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  3. giladzuc

    giladzuc Senior Member

    Ottoman Turkish token of 20 Para

    It may be of of sevral types of ferry tokens. one of such tokens is mentioned here

    http://giladzuckerman.webs.com/mercuguinness.html#TOKENS
     
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