These coins are new additions to my collection. There are a blend of cultures in it. I will explain my reasons for buying each one underneath its corresponding image. Sirmur, Raja Fateh Prakash (1815-1833), AE paisa dated 1877 VS (1820 AD), ex-Stephen Album. This coin is very thick. It’s gained the affectionate nickname of “Tootsie roll”. It also weighs twenty grams. As to where it was made, Sirmur is located in the Punjab region (northwest) of India. Japan, 4 mon, Bunkyu Eho (1863-1867). I figure this is a small step towards completing a set of 4 mon coins or pre-Meiji coins. Great Britain, 3 pence, 1861. I like St. Edward’s crown on the reverse. Newly created USSR, 20 Kopeks, 1924. I like early Soviet and Provisional Government stuff (mostly because of the interest of the country getting back on its feet again). The third coin in my formerly unintentional 1924 year set. Morocco, 4 falus, 1288 AH (1871 AD). After learning about the casting process with Chinese and related cultures’ coins, I was interested to see what non-Asian cultures cast coins. My list that I can think of is this coin, the aes grave, a Monaco decime from the early 1800s, a Francis II of Luxembourg 2 sols, and Barcelona’s quartos. I hope you enjoyed them! The other coin I bought can be viewed at this thread.
Fun stuff. Is that a bow and arrow symbol on the Sirmur coin? I always liked those Japanese cash coins with the "waves" pattern on the reverse. Was gonna ask if that was petrified wood in the background, but looking closer, I see a little gold sticker confirming that. Arizona petrified wood, at that.
There is a bow and arrow mark on it. Here is the petrified wood. I just realized you changed your avatar back.
That's awesome looking petrified wood. Yes, I went back to my default avatar- I always do. I just like to "switch things up a little" from time to time.
I was looking through Krause, and I found this: I think my coin is the one that is illustrated! What is the correct terminology for a coin that is illustrated in Krause? Just that?
You mean you think yours is the actual example pictured in Krause? Neat! That happened to me, once. I forget what the coin was. The correct term is "plate coin", since photos in books used to be called "plates". (I think the origin of the term has something to do with old fashioned photographic plates, but will leave it to bibliophile @dadams to properly explain that.) So if you're sure it matches up (I can't really tell from the Krause pix but it looks plausible), then you have the Krause plate coin for the type. And if so, that's pretty cool.
These are the images of my coin when it sold at auction a couple years back. I have never heard of Krause images being called plate coins. I have always referred to it as the illustration in Krause, because the way Krause uses pictures of coins differs from most coin plates (picture with the description rather than on its own sperate page at the end).
I am perfectly willing to incorporate the new vocabulary, however. I hope you remember your plate coin!
