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There is a correction in my post of 2nd January 2024. Ayilyam Tirunal Ramavarma (1850-80) needs to be read as Ayilyam Tirunal Ramavarma (1860-80). Sorry for that error.
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Thank you drnsreedhar for this excellent educational thread. I am learning so much! I am just in the early phase of my coin collecting journey focusing on coins from India. I came across a coin that I suspect is a princely state coin but haven't been able to attribute it. ~11g, 27mm. Any guidance on where this coin could be from? Any help is much appreciated!   Edited by spsky1
01/14/2025 7:35 pm
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Value of a Chukram was sixteen (16) kasu. The Tirakasu also made part of this kasu sixteen of which went into a Chukram. Four Chukrams made a Fanam A weight of 1.5 g per Fanam, suggests 31 chukrams to a rupee. Was that the official exchange rate?
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 to the Community, spsky1!
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@Pertinax:
In those days, 28 chukrams made a rupee of local sircar. British rupee bore a premium of half a chukram or 8 cash. This count rather than weight of coin was used in transactions.
The equation is 4 chukrams=1 panam.7 panams went into one rupee.That always made it 7x4=28 chukrams to a rupee.
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@spsky1:
The coin that you posted is not familiar to me. The names read Nasir shah and Husain shah. Could be either Nasir bin Husain or vice versa.
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Thank you. After some more sleuthing, I believe the coin is actually from the Bengal Sultanate, from Nusrat Shah, 1519-1531 AD, from the Muhammadabad mint.
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You are right on the ID. Nasir ud din Nusrat bin Husain, B 800 G&G. Great work.
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Adding a recently identified coin from my cabinet.  |
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Adding a recently identified coin from my cabinet. Excellent! 
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Nice job on the identification, drnsreedhar!
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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