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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 23699, member: 669&quot;]I wish I knew whether any of my three oldest coins (all Indian, acquired as part of a large lot of world coins) are genuine, but in response to e-mailed pictures, a leading expert on early Indian coinage did ID them, and none of them are of types commonly replicated or counterfeited, so far as I can find out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are links to pictures, his IDs, and my comments on information about them gathered on the internet.</p><p><br /></p><p>#1 - 6th Century BCE <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2x499" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/2x499" rel="nofollow">Side 1</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3ehvn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/3ehvn" rel="nofollow">Side 2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Specifications:&nbsp; 2.8g, 9.5x17mm, silver colored with a hint of golden toning</p><p><br /></p><p>ID: punchmarked silver piece of Mauryan dynasty</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments:&nbsp; The concept of coins as defined weights of precious metal with governmental markings of authenticity is believed to have been independently invented in Greece, India and China. The Mauryans were the Indian inventors <b>around the 6th century B.C.E.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>#2 - 9th Century <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2mfgy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/2mfgy" rel="nofollow">Side 1</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2q3ru" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/2q3ru" rel="nofollow">Side 2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Specifications: 3.8g, 17.52mm, copper or bronze</p><p><br /></p><p>ID: Chola dynasty copper</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: The Chola Dynasty in southern India reached it&#039;s peak in the mid-9th Century.</p><p><br /></p><p>#3 - 12th Century <a href="http://tinyurl.com/22dgn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/22dgn" rel="nofollow">Side 1</a> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/327ok" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tinyurl.com/327ok" rel="nofollow">Side 2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Specifications: 3.1g, 14.5mm, silver colored</p><p><br /></p><p>ID: a degenerate horseman type coin of medieval northern India</p><p><br /></p><p>Comments: Many centuries elapsed from the time of the Huns invasion till the coming of the Mohammedans in the twelfth century, without leaving traces of history behind. Not much political history is known during this so called dark age, but definitely this was a transition point in the Indian history[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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