Hello everyone, Help me identify this thing?

RichardCranium · February 4, 2011 6:10AM

First post here. Havent messed with my collection in quite awhile. But here lately its been fun. I didnt realize there were coin forums out there.. haha I have had this thing for many years, but dont know what it is. A coin? Something else? Its about the size of a quarter, and its pretty thick and heavy.

Thank you very much!

( Removed the link ) There are pics below.. Thanks!

theboz11 · February 4, 2011 6:17AM

Yes it is a coin, 1700-1800 Egyptian I think. Could easily be wrong, as I often am with these WAGs

Welcome to the Forum

JamesMurray · February 4, 2011 7:07AM

Can i ask you theboz11 , do you have anti virus and anti malware software installed and up to date ? I clicked link 1 and my malware guard and anti virus went banana's , thanks to that post my machine is comprimised until i can be sure it's cleared.

Richard , i'd suggest you take those links down.

WillieBoyd2 · February 4, 2011 7:15AM

ImageShack files gone.

RichardCranium · February 4, 2011 7:21AM

I checked those links from here and all is good. I have the latest and greatest AV installed. Sorry your having issues!

JamesMurray · February 4, 2011 8:26AM

My issues stem directly from your link. I am now up to the 5th virus downloader found. All this from your link.

JamesMurray · February 4, 2011 8:49AM

As an update and a courtesy i will inform members now that the virus downloaders are trojans exe files and identified as keyloggers and information harvesting files. If you clicked on the link do be careful what you type ie passwords to various sites.

Richard , i've a question , there's every chance you don't know you are distributing these viruses , but why after WillieBoyd posted the pics for you and in light of what i posted are the links still there ?

RichardCranium · February 4, 2011 8:58AM

I honestly dont understand how you got these viruses.. But I apologize if you got them from my link. I have been using Image Shack for a long time and have never had this issue before.. I just scanned the coins and put the images out there on their server. I removed the link as soon as I saw your AVG posting....

theboz11 · February 4, 2011 9:18AM

James, My AVG was on and I picked up no warnings.

lordmarcovan · February 4, 2011 10:38AM

I'm pretty sure it is from India. It's really fat and thick, right?

Welcome! Do hope you'll stick around a bit.

RichardCranium · February 4, 2011 10:59AM

Yes, its fat and thick. I just ran across some from India on the web that look similar. Thanks for your input!

Oh, I'll stick around. I enjoy my coins.

JamesMurray · February 4, 2011 10:59AM

<< <i>I honestly dont understand how you got these viruses.. But I apologize if you got them from my link. I have been using Image Shack for a long time and have never had this issue before.. I just scanned the coins and put the images out there on their server. I removed the link as soon as I saw your AVG posting.... >>

No problem Richard , they will be coming from that server.Most use photobucket and saves you the trouble of linking.

Theboz , it wasn't AVG that alerted me , it was IObit security , AVG scanned and vaulted them.If you clicked it you might want to update and do a scan.

lordmarcovan · February 4, 2011 11:38AM

If I recall correctly, a lot of those thick coppers were from 19th century India, though of course there were perhaps similar pieces struck earlier than that. I really couldn't help you pin down the type without browsing through the entire India section of the Krause catalog, which is pretty huge. Do you have Krause? If so, try the India section of the 19th century volume first, and be prepared to shuffle through a lot of pages!

Maybe Vikram Deshmukh ("koincollect") will be able to assist, if you send him a Private Message. I'm not sure how much he's online here, though. (In any event, you'll want to go to your Profile and activate the Private Messages function). Vikram collects Indian coins (and might actually be IN India, but I forget). Otherwise, I am more than certain that there will be a few folks here who are up to the challenge. I collect a little bit of Indian coinage myself, but only the British India stuff, which is of course in English.

theboz11 · February 4, 2011 5:13PM

Ran an updated AVG scan and found no problems.

DorkGirl · February 5, 2011 12:19AM

WillieBoyd2 · February 5, 2011 1:28AM

It's from Kafiristan.

lordmarcovan · February 5, 2011 3:46AM

<< <i>It's from Kafiristan. >>

He was kidding, of course- I just turned him on to the movie "The Man Who Would Be King" (which, if you haven't seen it, you simply must watch).

Still, the semi-fictional Kafiristan was set not far from where that coin was probably made. Central Asia, y'know.

WillieBoyd2 · February 8, 2011 12:51AM

I found it!

India Bhopal Native State One Anna copper coin

Shah Jahan Begam, dates AD 1868 to 1901, AH (Muslim) 1285 to 1319
The coin has a date but it is worn and I can not read the date.

The University of Illinois has one but couldn't identify it.

From the website of the:
The William R. and Clarice V. Spurlock Museum
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Their website:
http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu/search/details.php?a=1900.95.0003

Basic Information
Artifact Identification Coin: Copper Islamic (1900.95.0003)
Classification Communications Artifacts : Exchange Medium
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location pending
Period/Date Needs Research
Scholarly Notes 5/31/2006: "On envelope holding coin: "1 coin Copper Islamic". - Dan Caughey, Museum Assitant, 5/31/2006

WillieBoyd2 · February 8, 2011 1:32AM

Interesting that Sultan Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal, was a woman ruler of a Moslem state.

Different spellings, Begum or Begam?

Hello everyone, Help me identify this thing?

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