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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;LinZi, post: 1259146, member: 32952&quot;]<b>Additional Temple Tokens</b></p><p><br /></p><p>In the post above I attached photos of my Hanuman, Durga, and Saraswati Temple Tokens. In addition to these I have Shiva, and lastly a completely different coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Shiva &quot;half anna&quot; coin has the God Shiva (Shiv) on one side, with his trident. The other has the East India logo and proclaims to be from 1844 (the only one with out a repetitive date-- the other dates are all 1818 or 1616-- I wonder if these kinds of numbers are considered auspicious for any religious reasons-- or perhaps just to fool possible purchasers?)</p><p><br /></p><p>While four of the five coins have pseudo East India Company on the opposite side-- including a variety of dates such as 1818, 1616, and 1844, the last coin does not have a &quot;East India Company Side&quot;.</p><p>One side shows a similar (but different style) of the Rama Tanka coins-- two figures seated under an umbrella (sounds like Rama and Sita according the othe designs), a figure kneeling below (Hanuman, I suppose) and four additional figures on the sides. Moons and stars dot the sky. The opposite side does not match the other Rama Tankas I have seen though. It has a Hanuman design (again, somewhat crude) and also says the following in Hindi script:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Raja Ram Sitalvat Vijay&nbsp; Hanuman 1214&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>This last coin I am especially curious about. Though obviously a temple token as well-- I am curious why the design is similar, yet obviously so different. I wonder if the words mean anything-- such as what temple it might have come from-- or if it&#039;s look and design simply denote a very modern &quot;fake&quot;. (in quotes since it appears none of these temple tokens were official per-say</p><p>[ATTACH]136076.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]136077.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]136078.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]136079.vB[/ATTACH]).</p><p><br /></p><p>Any feedback appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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