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gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3675 Posts	Posted 07/30/2023 09:52 am No conspiracies or UFOs... this is a rather unusual hole coin. Perhaps inspired by the Chinese cash coin, this is cast in Indonesia during Indragiri sultanate around 1610 - 1620. Indragiri shows up as Sumatra today - not sure if that is the origins of where this coin is cast. Inscription is an old Javanese text of 40 (repeated 6 times). Seems to be rather uncommon. Very limited information can be found here https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=11308 I don't know of any other examples with such pentagon hole... My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff

Hondo Boguss Bedrock of the Community United States 15757 Posts	Posted 07/30/2023 1:41 pm Very interesting coin, gxseries! Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6356 Posts	Posted 07/30/2023 2:14 pm What a unique find. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 32709 Posts	Posted 07/30/2023 2:33 pm Hey that is pretty cool. Here is another Zeno.ru entry that sheds a bit of light on these cast coins: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=214242 "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4905 Posts	Posted 07/30/2023 10:08 pm That's a cool cast coin, I've seen some coins like that but I think they've all had round holes if I remember right. Report this Post to the Staff
hokiefan_82 Pillar of the Community United States 2893 Posts	Posted 07/31/2023 12:02 am Very interesting coin, thanks for sharing! My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/ My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 Report this Post to the Staff
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