Please help ID this "Old?" Silver "Rupee?" from India

SeaEagleCoins

I have this coin in a 2x2 simply marked "India" and "Old"...

Not having much luck learning to read sanskrit sooooo... I did a page by page search of all the Indian coins listed in Krause from 1600 to 2000 and have had no luck finding this piece...

Does anyone have any ideas on how to identify this coin?



I will attempt to upload the pics directly to my post but for now all that will appear are the links. I did manage to attach the files... now to try to remember how to upload into the post...


Thanks...




Cool...I remembered... what I believe is the Obv is on the left and the Rev on the right... and the diameter is aprrox. 3/4"... weight is approx 10 gm.

DCH

I think it's a rupee from Jaisalmir, 1153/22 KM10.

SeaEagleCoins

<< <i>I think it's a rupee from Jaisalmir, 1153/22 KM10. >>



Thank you...Could you tell me which century? Still can't seem to find KM10 in the Krause...

DCH

18th Century, AH1153 regnal year 22 =1760

SeaEagleCoins

Funny thing... I just picked up the book and opened it randomly and... there it was right on the page I opened it to... I like that kind of stuff...

Anyway...thank you for the lead once again. Actually, this looks more like the KM 5.1 than it does the 10.2... man, this stuff is amazing... frustrating but amazing...

Now...if only I could read Sanskrit.

DCH

Definitely not 10.2, it's either 5.1 or 10.0, but Krause uses the same picture for both

5.1 is listed at 10.924g and 10.0 at 10.5-11grams

It's Arabic, not Sanskrit, and they're both impossible to read but at least it's not Thai...

SeaEagleCoins

<< <i>Definitely not 10.2, it's either 5.1 or 10.0, but Krause uses the same picture for both

5.1 is listed at 10.924g and 10.0 at 10.5-11grams

It's Arabic, not Sanskrit, and they're both impossible to read but at least it's not Thai... >>




Yep...all looks foreign (oops, I mean World) to me...

Strange... the weight seems more like the 10 but the design is the one on the 5.1...

Any idea how come most of these 10.X coins are listed in Krause are listed without any value? And the the age-old question of "are these values even relevant?

Sapyx

If you look through the Krauses, particularly the 1700's and 1600's volumes, you'll see lots of coins for which no value has been given. This does not necessarily mean that the coin is rare, only that insufficient sales of that particular type and date have been recorded and observed by Krause's compilers, so they have no data to base a value on. It's really a "your guess is as good as ours" thing.

As for your age-old question... Krause catalogue values represent what the compilers of the catalogue believe is a "fair price" to buy that coin from a dealer. What price you would expect to obtain when selling the coin depends on a multitude of factors, but it should still be in the ballpark of 50-100 percent of the CV.