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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1489181, member: 19463&quot;]I do not believe the shape has anything to do with date.&nbsp;&nbsp; Mitchiner shows round coins from the archaic period (500&#039;s BC) as well as from Chandragupta and Ashoka (earlier Mauryans) but all Mauryans are more common squared off.&nbsp; I believe the most common shape is rectangular with a clipped corner which I assume was done to correct the weight.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The few coins I have were selected because I felt I could ID them.&nbsp; Easily 90% of the punchmarked coins I see strike me as unintelligible.&nbsp; Often the sun and 6 armed device are all that I see clearly and all Mauryans have those two.&nbsp; Dealers rarely know enough to ID these so I buy coins that I hope I will be able to figure out and leave the ones that look difficult.&nbsp; That probably means I will miss anything rare that requires effort to read.&nbsp; I have paid over $10 for only one of my examples but see many for $20-30 that are no nicer.&nbsp; Dealer who know the series have rare ones much higher.&nbsp; I recall seeing one for $995 but I was not tempted to buy it. :rollling:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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