Added some gold to my collection.

BoggledMind

A whopping 50 milligrams. A gold Bele from India.



http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/3280/goldbele2.jpg

Wouldn't mind having a few more of the tinier gold coins. I can actually afford them!

Anyways, thought it was a neat (and tiny as hell) coin, so I got me one. Anyone have a suggestion as for what type of holders to put these tiny things in? It's currently in a plastic case designed for a dime, and it's woefully over-adequate.

Hussulo

Cool you cant go wrong with a bit of gold! As for holders not sure. I don't think you will find hard plastic slab type holders to fit but these might do the job:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/100-Lighthouse-self-adhesive-coin-holders-17-5mm-/360229299849?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Coins_Supplies_RL&hash=item53df56e689

lordmarcovan

I've had the Indian fanams, which are tiny, but I've not heard of bele.

Those incuse, squarish punches actually look like some of the earliest archaic coinage from Greece and Asia Minor.

BoggledMind

<< <i>I've had the Indian fanams, which are tiny, but I've not heard of bele.

Those incuse, squarish punches actually look like some of the earliest archaic coinage from Greece and Asia Minor. >>



I'm inclined to get a fanam sometime later as well. The bele was minted in the Vijayanagar Empire from 1336–1646. I think they're also known as 1/10 fanam.