Fubar Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 (edited) This tiny high carat gold coin has me stumped. I'm hoping someone has seen one before. It's 7.5mm in diameter, 0.96mm thick and weighs 0.37g. If it's just scrap gold the so be it but it looks hammered and quite old. The "O" could represent "5" in English and there are 12 pellets, possibly representing stars within the horns of the crescent on the other side. I'm not sure that is a date below the olive branch (?). I can find nothing remotely like it online. Please help before I drop it and it disappears forever. Apologies for the quality of the pictures. Had to take it with a microscope attachment on my mobile phone. Cheers Kris Edited January 29, 2019 by Fubar missing bit 1 Quote
Ukstu Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 It looks like an Indian gold fanam of some sort. Not something i am familiar with myself so can't provide a full ID. Stu. 1 Quote
Fubar Posted January 29, 2019 Author Posted January 29, 2019 Thanks for that, Stu. Some similarities but I can't find a match. Just about all the Rajahs and states produced there own I suppose so it could be a lost cause. Kris Quote
Paddy Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Travancore 2 Fanams - see: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces48367.html 1 Quote
Fubar Posted January 29, 2019 Author Posted January 29, 2019 Magic. Thanks Paddy. That was much quicker than I thought it would be. Cheers Kris Quote
Paddy Posted January 29, 2019 Posted January 29, 2019 Numista does the magic. Provided you have some describable feature you can put it into a search there, and it will bring up any coins on its database that match those words anywhere in their description. In this case I put in "Gold Crescent" and it came up with 220 odd possibles in 12 pages. Most were Hungarian but on about page 9 or 10, up popped your answer. Some Islamic/Indian coins have no describable feature, just unreadable script, and then it gets much more difficult. 1 Quote
Fubar Posted January 29, 2019 Author Posted January 29, 2019 Thanks Paddy One of the sites I missed. Quote
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