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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1787840, member: 15445&quot;]<font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">Perhaps someone can provide more information about these two little coins.&nbsp; </font></span></font></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">[ATTACH=full]287778[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]287779[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]287780[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]287777[/ATTACH]&nbsp; &nbsp; They are about 0.37 grams and 6 mm diameter.&nbsp; The label with the coin states “Travencore” and “India” and “Silver Chetrum”.&nbsp; I would have guessed “India”.</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">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).&nbsp; I believe that Travencore is at the south-west tip of India.&nbsp; It would be nice to know where I could look-up this princely state and learn more about what a “chetrum” is.</font></span></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3"><span style="color: #000000"><font face="Times New Roman">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.&nbsp; More photos &amp; questions will follow if that’s OK.</font></span></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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