completely lost Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 Hi all, hope you can help had a gardener recently digging my garden over and he found a coin upon cleaning it it is a rupee dated 1906 on one side it has the crown and one rupee india and the date, the other side is something i cannot find anywhere, it looks hand engraved of a temple and stamped on the bottom of the temple is the number 161903, i must say the engraving is awesome, can anyone shed any light on this coin please. Quote
Red Riley Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Hi all, hope you can help had a gardener recently digging my garden over and he found a coin upon cleaning it it is a rupee dated 1906 on one side it has the crown and one rupee india and the date, the other side is something i cannot find anywhere, it looks hand engraved of a temple and stamped on the bottom of the temple is the number 161903, i must say the engraving is awesome, can anyone shed any light on this coin please.It may not surprise you that this is probably a temple token, although hardly my area. If you can post a photo, someone may be able to give you more info. Quote
completely lost Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 Thats is interesting will post pic, and it did suprise me i had never even thought of that, thanks for your reply Quote
completely lost Posted March 26, 2009 Author Posted March 26, 2009 Thats is interesting will post pic, and it did suprise me i had never even thought of that, thanks for your reply Quote
RLC35 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 CL, I think what you have is a 1906, One Rupee (British India), that has had the obverse milled down and a new inscription made in the Obverse of the coin. The Obverse should be that of King Edward VII. The Krause # is KM-508. The coin is Sterling Silver, and may have a mint mark under the crown on the reverse. Some issues do not have a mint mark.I hope this helps.Bob C. Quote
completely lost Posted March 30, 2009 Author Posted March 30, 2009 hi thanks for the reply, i have no use for this coin is it worth anything to sell ? Quote
Chris Perkins Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 Just £1 or so as scrap silver, unless you can find anyone that seriously collects Indian coins that have been engraved - and I suspect collectors of such are few and far between. Quote
Red Riley Posted March 31, 2009 Posted March 31, 2009 I stick with temple token. As I say, not my specialist area (it might just be someone's) but they do exist and it would seem logical to use demonetised coinage to form the basis of these tokens. If you have Sikh or Hindu neighbours, may be worth having a word with them as they may have been used in the neighbourhood at some time in the recent past. Would suggest you don't melt it as it does have historic interest. Quote
completely lost Posted April 1, 2009 Author Posted April 1, 2009 Thanks for your help guys will keep hold of it and try and find out some more about it. Quote
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