Perhaps someone can provide more information about these two little coins. They are about 0.37 grams and 6 mm diameter. The label with the coin states “Travencore” and “India” and “Silver Chetrum”. I would have guessed “India”. It would be nice to know where I might find these things in my Krause books (ie 1600-1700 or 1700-1800 or 1800-1900 or 1900-2000). I believe that Travencore is at the south-west tip of India. It would be nice to know where I could look-up this princely state and learn more about what a “chetrum” is. BTW, I paid $20 for a half dozen coins (these are two of them). My hope is to learn something from this $20 coin-class tuition. The group includes another India coin, two Roman coins, and a Byzanine coin. More photos & questions will follow if that’s OK.
I like your style sir. I do the same, I buy coins simply to force myself to learn more about them. www.ancientcoins.ca has quite a few articles about Indian coins I thought were nice. I can try to look it up later if need be, but these coins are fairly common on Ebay as well.
In which Century should I begin looking? I suppose I could start at 1958 and go back in time book by book.
This other fat copper coin was in the lot. There is no label so I'm only assuming India. It is 16.7 grams and 19.5 mm diameter and 6.5 mm thick. I'll be turning the pages of the Krause catalog(s) tonight.
Both Indian states, anywhere between late medieval and early modern. Sorry I am not more help without a Michiner book in front of me. I am sure others here know them off the top of their head. I haven't got into Indian much save for issues relating directly to Central Asia like Indo-skythian, Hunnic, etc.
This site may be a good resource for you: http://coinindia.com/ Might be cumbersome to find your coins, but it looks very in-depth.
