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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1139843, member: 4910&quot;]British India 1917 1 Anna filed to pass as 1/4 Rupee</p><p><br /></p><p>I acquired this coin sometime in the 1960&#039;s from a California dealer&#039;s foreign coin box.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_indiabritish_an1_1917_altered.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I examined it later and saw that it was a 1917 British India 1 Anna coin filed</p><p>down to the size of a 1/4 Rupee coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The filer even inserted edge reeding.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is what an unaltered one anna coin looks like:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_indiabritish_an1_1933.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As there were 16 annas to the rupee, this alteration quadrupled the value.</p><p>The anna was then worth around 3¢ so the filer made a 9¢ profit.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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