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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finn235, post: 3247786, member: 98035&quot;]I&#039;ll need to dig it back out, but one of those Moroccan fals was actually one of the first coins I ever identified. My grandfather bought it in a junk bin as a teenager in the 40s, and I was convinced it was from the year 1212 (actually 1272). It was years later when I figured it out, and I was so disappointed that 1272 AH is roughly 1855! It is much more crude and genuinely looks ancient.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] I believe those Burmese 1/2 rupees are actually supposed to be inscribed on both sides. They are descended from the silver 1/2 rupees of Cooch Behar:</p><p><a href="https://www.marudhararts.com/e-auction/auction-no-20/lot-no-371/coins-of-india/independent-kingdom/cooch-behar/14-upendra-narayan-cb-205-254-/se-1637-1686/1715-1764-ad-/silver-half-rupee-of-upendra-narayan-of-cooch-behar-.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.marudhararts.com/e-auction/auction-no-20/lot-no-371/coins-of-india/independent-kingdom/cooch-behar/14-upendra-narayan-cb-205-254-/se-1637-1686/1715-1764-ad-/silver-half-rupee-of-upendra-narayan-of-cooch-behar-.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.marudhararts.com/e-auction/auction-no-20/lot-no-371/coins-of-india/independent-kingdom/cooch-behar/14-upendra-narayan-cb-205-254-/se-1637-1686/1715-1764-ad-/silver-half-rupee-of-upendra-narayan-of-cooch-behar-.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t felt like picking one of those up (I try to stick to rupees only for my own sanity) but I do have this one which, minted in 1555 kinda-sorta qualifies for this thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]851496[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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