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RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭
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This isn't my department. Can anyone help?
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Thanks in advance.

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  • ormandhormandh Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭
    Temple tokens?
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  • SaorAlbaSaorAlba Posts: 7,593 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Temple tokens? >>



    And most likely Hindu and from India.
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  • pruebaspruebas Posts: 4,650 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Temple tokens? >>



    And most likely Hindu and from India. >>

    I think so too. With Vishnu and Sanskrit, I would certainly pursue that direction first.
  • sumnomsumnom Posts: 5,963 ✭✭✭
    Any possibility they might be Nepali temple tokens?
  • JamesMurrayJamesMurray Posts: 4,036 ✭
    These are outwith my comfort zone also regards an ID , but i can't help notice something looks "out of place".On the reverse of the upper coin , is that VR towards the lower part of the item ?
    It might well point to Victoria and that would mean India.
  • spoonspoon Posts: 2,798 ✭✭✭
    They're both hindu temple tokens - ramatanka. There are a few good discussions of them out there. This one covers quite a bit (for a Flickr post!).

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  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭


    << <i>They're both hindu temple tokens - ramatanka. There are a few good discussions of them out there. This one covers quite a bit (for a Flickr post!). >>


    Thanks Spoon. Very helpful.
  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭


    << <i>These are outwith my comfort zone also regards an ID , but i can't help notice something looks "out of place".On the reverse of the upper coin , is that VR towards the lower part of the item ?
    It might well point to Victoria and that would mean India. >>


    I thought it was VR too at first, but on reflection it looks like NR which to an anglicised person might indicate N......... Railway, so I started off on that track initially (excuse the pun).
  • SapyxSapyx Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The top one is a Diwali (Festival of Lights) medal. The discussion of this example on Zeno.ru gives a translation of the various inscriptions. "NR" stands for the National Refinery, Bombay. It claims to be made from .999 fine silver.
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  • RobPRobP Posts: 483 ✭✭


    << <i>The top one is a Diwali (Festival of Lights) medal. The discussion of this example on Zeno.ru gives a translation of the various inscriptions. "NR" stands for the National Refinery, Bombay. It claims to be made from .999 fine silver. >>


    Wonderful. Many thanks to all.
    The top one is certainly silver, the bottom one probably so as it rings and weighs ok. As far as I am aware, both were obtained by my father on his way home from POW camp at the end of WW2, probably in Columbo where they laid over for a day or two.
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