Geordie582 Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 Once more I'm in the dark! Could this be a bronze of Tibet? I can't read the legend (of course!) but the lion looks very like those shown in "World Coins" on coins of the 20th century, but this looks hammered to me. Any thoughts? Quote
kuhli Posted October 27, 2004 Posted October 27, 2004 The Tibetan coins all have a "snow leopard" with a split fan tail, whereas your kitty has but a single strand of tail.what you have is:Indian Princely State of Mysore1838 (date below the Sardula *mythical tiger*)20 cash (see the XX CASH on the reverse)C#193.2 Quote
Geordie582 Posted October 28, 2004 Author Posted October 28, 2004 Thanks kuhli. I had doubts about the Tibet assignment but 'no speaka da lingo' doesn't help!! I can now label the thing. Any idea why it's so irregular being 1838 it must be milled! Quote
Chris Perkins Posted October 28, 2004 Posted October 28, 2004 It could be cast or hammered. It wasn't until the British set up proper mints in India that they were able to make coins to modern standards. Quote
Geordie582 Posted October 28, 2004 Author Posted October 28, 2004 Thanks! "Not a lot of people know that"!! Quote
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