Need Help Unknow East India 1/2 Anna

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• Blackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭

  August 7, 2010 5:21AM

  I believe that this is a token, with a Hindu God on one side. In this case it looks like Hanuman.

  "Have a nice day!"

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 43,885 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 8, 2010 1:09PM

  Yep, looks like Hanuman the monkey god, from what little I know. And it's in imitation of an East India Company half-anna, but if I remember right, it's far too big for a half-anna piece. (The lettering's all wrong, anyway.) So it's a fantasy issue or token of some kind. (Temple token, maybe? I dunno.)
  
  It wouldn't be contemporary to the 1818 date, I don't think, but it certainly could be from the 19th century.
  
  It ain't a real coin, but that's not necessarily bad news. Could actually be worth a little more than a common half-anna of the era would be, anyway- who knows?
  
  We've got some folks here who will know.

  
  
  

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• Blackhawk Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭

  August 8, 2010 1:49PM

  Hanuman must like billiards, hence the rack of balls in his hand.

  "Have a nice day!"

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• koincollect Posts: 446 ✭✭✭

  August 9, 2010 1:21AM

  This is a modern piece which might not even be a temple token. Worth just the intrinsic value of the metal.

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