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Barakzai dynasty, Afghanistan. 1297 AH = 1879-1880 AD. Denomination can be 1 or half Rupee, depending on weight. (View Post)

This piece is from Gwalior, Sindhias dynasty. Pay attention to the highlighted fragment (stylized sword) - a distinctive feature of the Gwalior coins of those times. Examples of similar coins can be … (View Post)

Barakzai, Abd al-Rahman, AH 1297 (hammered coinage). (View Post)

Nice medal. Here is some background, part of article from here http://www.mirvistavok.ru/2015-10-01/3192-pervye-selskohozjajstvennye-vystavki-v-rossii.html (Google Translate) by Yuri Nikitin (profess… (View Post)

An interesting article about one of the tokens in this series. Taken from here https://www.bulletin-numismatique.fr/bn/pdf/bn061.pdf and translated by Google Translate. Numismatics can make us discov… (View Post)