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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bgarg, post: 187401, member: 1876&quot;]As mentioned above, the diamond shape on reverse reads &quot;La Illa, Ill-Allah, Muhammad ur-rasul Allah&quot;. And it translates to &quot;There is only one Allah and Muhammad is his prophet only&quot;. On 4 corners, there are 4 Khalipha&#039;s (i.e. caliphs) names as mentioned by giladzuc.</p><p><br /></p><p>On Obverse, it&#039;s a prototype of Akbar&#039;s silver rupee minted in Ahmedabad mint.&nbsp; The first two lined has Kings name with his title and year when it was struck. The last line read &quot;Jarb Dar-ul-sultanat Ahmedabad&quot; which translates to &quot;struck in holy city of Ahemedabad&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of these are qualified as contemporary tokens which were minted during the time when original coins were in circulation. Most of these were used as religious charms by both, Hindus and Muslims,in that region.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are modern fabrications available with similar token designs but most of the new tokens are struck on thin planchets and with a reduced silver weight. They have a newer look and the calligraphy is very different then the contemporary issues. And I think the purpose for these newer issues is same as to the old issues, which is to sell these in front of mosques and to be used in religious purposes. </p><p><br /></p><p>Regards</p><p>Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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