Rupee help?

Weiss

Help with orientation (it's upside down, isn't it?)
Translation, year?

It's 11.3 grams. I've always loved these pieces. Gave one to an Indian tenant I had years ago, which he graciously accepted. Then I realized it might have had colonial connotations and I felt like a heel

JCMhouston

I don't know the answer to your question. But, I have quite a large number of Indian engineers working for me and they all love any British India coins. One of them even had me buy some for him so he could give them to his grandchildren as presents.

lordmarcovan

FWIW, I think you got it right-side up.

But I'm afraid I can't help you there.

mnemtsas2

India, Mughal Empire KM#437.4 Rupee regnal year 11 AH112X or AH113X, I can't make out the third numeral exactly and the last numeral is off of the flan. This dates them to the first or second decade of the 1700's. Struck in the name of Muhammad Shah at the Shahjahanabad mint, which is known these days as Delhi. And no, I am not some sort of Indian coin savant, I have several virtual identical coins that were struck in regnal year 18. The two vertical lines toward the bottom of the first image are the regnal year. The first three digits of the year can be see at about 2 o'clock on the other image. The two lines and the backwards 7 looking character.

Edit:

It's probably AH1141/11 or AH1142/11 as they weren't minted in AH113X/11. So that makes it 1728 or 1729.

Weiss

Many thanks, mnemtsas2. Too bad the full date isn't legible. But still. For melt? I'll take these all day long!