1930, Silver Half Pice, King George V, probably trial pattern, presumably modern re-strike, (As PR#763), Extremely Rare.

1928, Silver One Twelveth Anna, King George V, probably trial pattern, presumably modern re-strike, Extremely Rare.

1929, Silver One Twelveth Anna, King George V, probably trial pattern, presumably modern re-strike, Extremely Rare.

 Zamorin's, Gold Fanam, Modern imitations of  Calicut fanams, Obv: crescent without points, Rev: group of 3 rows of 4 points, 0.39g, 8.70mm, (H H # 1.12.20) about extremely fine.

Aravidu Dynasty, Venkatapati Raya II (1586-1614 AD), Copper 3 Jitals, Obv: garuda to left in virasana pose, hands joined on breast in attitude of devotion, Rev: three  line legend in mixed nagari and modern kannada characters, 8.25g, 18.06mm, about very fine, Scarce.

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Punch Marked Coin, Avanti Janapada, (5th  BC), Silver Karshapana, Four symbol series with ABBC type, Obv: around 12 punches, wheel, elephant to right, a pair of lotus symbol and a crescent with a solid dot inside, Rev: diety, sun/crescent moon, armed wheel, elephant and other symbol, (Not listed by Rajgor), 3.28g, 23.38mm, about very fine+, Extremely "   ......Read More

City State of Vedisha (Modern name Vidisha) (300-200 BC), Alloyed Copper Square Unit, Obv: centrally placed Brahmi legend "(Ve) disasa", railed tree at top, Rev: uniface, 10.8g, 21.66x28.15mm, (Tiwari, ONS-NL 125 # Pl. VI type 1), about very fine+, Rare.

Delhi Sultanate, Suri Dynasty, Sher Shah Suri (AH 945-952/1538-1545 AD), Pandua Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 948, Complete flan, Obv: The Kalima Shahada on top in two lines, mint Pandua in middle, al sultan al adil at bottom, four khalifas name in four margins, Rev: sher shah al sultan, khuld allahu mulkahu with date 948, Nagari legend 'sri ser sahi' at bottom, farid ud duniya wa'l din abu'l muzaffar in margins, "   ......Read More

City State of Suktimati (200 BC), Cast Copper Unit, Obv: Horse advancing to right with Brahmi legend (“Sutimati)” above, rectangular box with four leaves inside at the right field, rectangular box surmounted by Srivatsa symbol, Rev: Elephant standing facing right on pedestal with upraised trunk four orbed "   ......Read More

Delhi Sultanate, Suri Dynasty, Sher Shah (AH 945-952/1538-1545 AD), Pandua Mint, Silver Rupee, AH 947, Complete flan, Obv: The Kalima Shahada on top in two lines, mint Pandua in middle, al-sultan al Adil at bottom, four Caliphs' name in four margins, Rev: Sher Shah al-sultan, khuld Allahu mulkahu with date 947, Nagari legend 'Sri Ser Sahi' at bottom, Farid ud Duniya wa'l din abu'l Muzaffar in margins, "   ......Read More

Aurangzeb Alamgir, Karpa or Kadapa (Cuddapah) Mint, Silver Rupee, 3X RY, “Badr Munir” Couplet, Obv: sikka zad dar Jahan chu badre munir, Shah Aurangzeb Alamgir, Rev: sana julus zarb Karpa completely visible at the bottom, "   ......Read More

Indo-Portuguese, Malacca (Melaka), Tin Bazarucos?, Obv: crowned arms, Rev: cross of the order of knights of Christ, 1.34g, 15.00mm, about very fine, Rare.

The crude Tin Bazarucos are usually almost illegible and are very rare with clear devices. Malacca (in modern Malaysia - in the 17th century "   ......Read More