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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1796219, member: 15445&quot;]This is a recent purchase &amp; I really know very little about the coin.&nbsp; I saw ancientnoob struggling to select one of these pieces from a reputable dealer.&nbsp; After he made his selection, I swooped-in &amp; bought the other one.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This is it:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]290790[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">INDIA</font></span></b><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">, Shakya</font></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">AR&nbsp; 5 Shana </font></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">ca. 600-500 B.C.</font></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">Buddha Coin</font></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">6.71 gms,&nbsp; 26 mm x 19.5 mm</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Obv:</b> One pellet around a central pentagon, ten secondary punches on rectangular planchet</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Rev:</b> Blank pattern from multiple anvil strikes</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Grade:</b> Essentially as made. Obverse silver is bright and beginning to re-tone.</font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial"><b>Other:</b> Minted &amp; circulated by the Indian prince who is the prophet Budha.&nbsp; </font></span></p><p><span style="color: black"><font face="Arial">From Warden Numismatics September 2013.</font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #141414"><font face="Georgia">The reverse is essentially blank.&nbsp; I did show the coin to another dealer &amp; he explained that it is an example of how coins have been independently invented in various places around the world at various times.&nbsp; The ancient Greek coins were invented &amp; made by the striking process without much care given to round shape or stacking.&nbsp; The China coin invention used a casting process and included a hole for stringing.&nbsp; The folks in the Himalayan Mountains invented their strips of metal with punch marks.&nbsp; This is supposedly one of those punch mark coins.&nbsp; It&#039;s pretty IMO.</font></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #141414"><font face="Georgia">Ancientnoob informs that this silver 5 Shana coin was in circulation during the time that prince Buddha was around.&nbsp; Perhaps I should have posted it in the A-Z thread when we were at &quot;B&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: #141414"><font face="Georgia">BTW, Shakya was located in the area that is present day Nepal.&nbsp; I&#039;ve met a couple travelers that were from Nepal but I have never been there.</font></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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