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I'm just starting to go through a collection purchase, I'm sure I'll have more questions in the future, but for now, wanted to ask on these 3. Luckily the guy had most things marked, but not all.
1) This is a big medal - about 67mm.
2) Smaller coin
3) Can someone confirm this piece. He had it marked 1944L Proof - Big price difference from a normal 1944L non-proof.
Thanks a ton!
Last of what I have left to attribute. Any help would be appreciated.
4) Unknown
5) This purchase was 100% Darkside, curious why this was in there
6) He had this East Africa 10 Cent piece labeled as "Proof". Any way to confirm it's proof?
7) Lastly, this British Caribbean 5 cent was also labeled "Proof" - any idea?
1) This is a big medal - about 67mm.
2) Smaller coin
3) Can someone confirm this piece. He had it marked 1944L Proof - Big price difference from a normal 1944L non-proof.
Thanks a ton!
Last of what I have left to attribute. Any help would be appreciated.
4) Unknown
5) This purchase was 100% Darkside, curious why this was in there
6) He had this East Africa 10 Cent piece labeled as "Proof". Any way to confirm it's proof?
7) Lastly, this British Caribbean 5 cent was also labeled "Proof" - any idea?
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<< <i>What's going on with the reverse rim 3:00 t0 6:00 on the Indian coin? And yes, it is an L. Don't know about Proof. >>
Here, I kind of fixed the white balance:
As for 3-6:00, kind of looks like a CUD off the bat, but not real sure. Here are both ends where it comes/goes.
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I am still working on it.
edit to add: I believe it's silver
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5) The name "Dhonau" (also spelled Donau) is very popular surname in Germany and has been for a long time. This token was probably good for 25 pfennig at a tavern or hotel run by someone with the name Dhonau. Perhaps your client kept it as a keepsake from their WWII travels? Probably a great story behind this token. If you are unable to contact them and learn the story, that would be a shame.
6 + 7) Lord M is right. Definitely NOT proofs. Sorry bud.
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<< <i>2) 1807 "Double Fanam" of British India (British East India Company), Madras Presidency; obverse denomination in Persian (center) and English (circular); reverse denomination in Telugu (center, within circle) and Tamil (circular); Pridmore 164? KM 341?
edit to add: I believe it's silver >>
A-HA. OK, found this:
http://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/East_India_Company.htm
With of course: There are 24 obverse and 2 reverse combinations, making 24 types recorded of the above 2 Fanam coins.
With my coin having circles on both sides, think that narrows it down to either KM340 (1807) or KM350 (1808).
Mine weighs 1.82g, and has diagonal reeding on it. Here are better pictures. Now to figure out which of the 24 types it could be:
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<< <i>Note: Larger buckle, "Do" in Persian in larger legend, lines are crossing after "M" in "FANAM" and the size of legends are wide and smaller on both sides from the above KM#340 coin. >>
They have the mintage listed at 6,044,350. This makes sense because despite their age (not too shabby, not modern!) these are sort of everywhere. I found many on google and eBay. But they are often worn, poor condition. I can't grade yours but it looks better than the worn, circulated examples I've seen elsewhere.
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Thanks!
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I will try again...
<< <i>I can't really read the script. I can get parts of it but much of it is beyond me.
I will try again... >>
LOL - If it's the pics, I can take better ones.
If it's the actual font/type/characters - don't feel bad. I do some work with a major iOS/Android gaming company, and when you first told me it was Japanese, I sent pics to our guy who does all the Japanese localizations and social media stuff for Japan.
He basically told me he has no idea, that isn't used in Japan any more that he knew of.
Thanks for keeping at it!
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This is a medal commemorating the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Buddhist monk Honen.
Here is the legend on the medal, as best I can make out:
宗祖明照大師降誕八百承 - Eight-hundredth anniversary of the birth of the founder, the Great Master Meisho
慶讚記念 - Celebratory Commemoration
總本山 - Main Temple/Lead Temple/Sect Headquarters
知恩院 - Chion-in
昭和七年四月 - May 1932 (fourth lunar month of the seventh year of the Showa Era)
The sect is not mentioned on the medal but it is Pure Land.
Honen was born in 1133 AD though. One might think the medal would be produced in 1933. I guess we have here a different method of counting.
Now that we know what it is, all I could find was this:
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-japanese-honen-jodo-shu-110340840
Too bad mine didn't come with the box.
That was the last mystery item in that purchase, not to figure out what to do with it. I had a World Coin dealer buy the rest of the collection at a show Sunday.
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I am standing by my date though. I still think it is the fourth lunar month of the seventh year of Showa, or May 1932.
Edit- aha- it did render gibberish when I quoted that post. Nice trick, sumnom.
Kudos!
Of course I've only been trying for a couple years. Perhaps before then it wasn't working.
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I have two more ideas about the name on it.
www.dhonau.de is an old Company, since 1873, they make everythink about melting metal....
or
I found an old Wellness/Hospital called "Kurhaus Dhonau"...ist now a Hotel with Wellness area
or
"Donau" is the german name for the big river, in english "danube"
otherwise im not sure ist an popular Name...I never hear that before..
<< <i>otherwise im not sure ist an popular Name...I never hear that before.. >>
I'm not a native speaker so I'm sure I took this from Wikipedia. I vaguely recall doing a google search and being frustrated because the only results were ID profiles on LinkedIn and Facebook. I think Wikipedia is where I read that some prominent German figures had that surname.
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