Need help to identify India-Princely State Coin

Started by riasatbd, March 05, 2023, 12:35:17 AM

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riasatbd

Hi All,
I need help from the fellow members to identify this princely state coin.

Size: Shown in picture
Weight: .3 oz
Metal: Copper

Seeker55

Kutch, AE 1½ Dokdo, Khengarji III, VS 1934/AD 1878, KM# Y23

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=104378

Second photo should be rotated 180 degrees.
In future ID requests to help with identification kindly simply state maximum diameter to the nearest mm and weight in grams to the nearest tenth of a gram.

krishna

Quote from: Seeker55 on March 05, 2023, 12:52:49 AMKutch, AE 1½ Dokdo, Khengarji III, VS 1934/AD 1878, KM# Y23

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=104378

Second photo should be rotated 180 degrees.
In future ID requests to help with identification kindly simply state maximum diameter to the nearest mm and weight in grams to the nearest tenth of a gram.
That's an extremely quick identification

riasatbd

Thanks Seeker55 and Krishna.


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aws22

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Dear riasatbd, I can help by reading the Urdu text on the right photo:
Right photo:
Center: the date as per the English calendar, and has a katar (dagger):
سنه ١٨٧٨
Sanah 1878
Margin: in four parts:
Top:  ملكه ,  Malika
Left:  معظمه  ,  Muazzama
Bottom:  كوين ,  Queen
Right:  وكتوريا  , Vitoria
(فكتوريا) ملكه معظمه كوين وكتوريا , Malika-e- Muazzama Queen Victoria, meaning, The Great Queen Victoria
This is a machine struck coin.
I hope that helps

Maythem
Coin collecting has a curious name. It is also called the "Hobby of Kings".

Figleaf

To top it off, the trishula (trident) on one side and katar (dagger) on the other side are symbols of temporal power.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.