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Which Way Up? Indian State Karachi? Temple Token or ???


LawrenceChard

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Which Way Up? Indian State (Karachi?) Temple Token or ???

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If I had enough spare time, I might try to work out which way up / round this should be, try to read the inscriptions, and identify it fully, but I'm being lazy.

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I tried asking our very nice Indian staff member, but she says it's before her time, and not in Hindi1

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13.7 grams of silver, although not tested it yet.

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On 13/05/2022 at 23:04, LawrenceChard said:

Which Way Up? Indian State (Karachi?) Temple Token or ???

indianstatetokenpossiblykarachiside2crop.thumb.jpg.25ad1794da7e626296419cf60e4702f6.jpg

If I had enough spare time, I might try to work out which way up / round this should be, try to read the inscriptions, and identify it fully, but I'm being lazy.

indianstatetokenpossiblykarachiside1crop.thumb.jpg.cd2057194f4d5003ed021f423490a63e.jpg

I tried asking our very nice Indian staff member, but she says it's before her time, and not in Hindi1

indianstatetokenpossiblykarachiinfodiskcrop.thumb.jpg.c1594b848726d0fc5454c152954f204f.jpg

13.7 grams of silver, although not tested it yet.

😎

Not familiar with this coin/token(?) but here auction link they list one which is very similar but with some different writing/ornaments and in gold.

At least you can see from their photos which side up! (assuming they know) ☺️

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50 minutes ago, CollectForFun said:

Not familiar with this coin/token(?) but here auction link they list one which is very similar but with some different writing/ornaments and in gold.

At least you can see from their photos which side up! (assuming they know) ☺️

Thanks.

Yes, Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) appear to have considerable expertise in Islamic and similar coins, so I would assume they know, in which case, my coin should be rotated like this:

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and

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Although this step is rather like discovering how to open a box containing a very large jigsaw puzzle.

Next step...

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