Tipu Sultan Double Rupee

[coin_lover]

Dear All
I am posting a tipu sultan double rupee.
please tell me how you like it and if it is genuine. The coin belongs to a dear friend.
the weight is 21.89 grams

[coin_lover]

another image of the rim

[Figleaf]

Don't know if it is genuine, but I find it magnificent!

Peter

[Abhay]

My Double Rupee of Tipu Sultan.

Abhay

[Figleaf]

Another eye-popper. I read the date as 8121, retrogade 1218, I suppose? So carefully struck, these must have been prestige coins.

Peter