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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2409448, member: 51347&quot;]Another one from the past is one of 20 known to exist...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]497697[/ATTACH]</p><p>India - Shakya Janapada</p><p>AR 5-Shana</p><p>6th-5th Century BCE</p><p>25mm x 21mm, 7.05g</p><p>Obv: Central Pentagonal punch plus several banker&#039;s marks</p><p>Rev: Blank</p><p>Ref: Hirano Type I.8.29</p><p>Coinage from the Ghaghara Gandak River region.</p><p><br /></p><p>This the Buddha Coin - struck during his lifetime and from the Janapada that he was Prince before becoming the Enlightened One. </p><p>Rare - Less than 20 known.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this time, any of the 16 &quot;Janapada&quot; was defined as a tribe, country, kingdom, or a republic in northern India. Shakya was a Republic (ah, I love the Republics!), in northern India near present day Nepal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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