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Some help please, Indian coin
I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter
and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave |
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It doesn't sound like any coin I've seen, it's probably a token. Do you
have pictures? Either post to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic or put a link to the picture in this group. B.J. Mil80C wrote: I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 |
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B.J.
I could not access that newsgroup for some reason, perhaps my server does not recognise it, I have found an empty NG "alt.binaries.pictures.fishing" and posted it there. Hope you can see that, If not I'm happy to e-mial the pics to you. Dave "B.J. Herbison" wrote in message ... It doesn't sound like any coin I've seen, it's probably a token. Do you have pictures? Either post to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic or put a link to the picture in this group. B.J. Mil80C wrote: I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 |
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Some help please, Indian coin
On Sun, 21 May 2006 01:26:18 GMT, "Mil80C"
wrote: B.J. I could not access that newsgroup for some reason, perhaps my server does not recognise it, I have found an empty NG "alt.binaries.pictures.fishing" and posted it there. Hope you can see that, If not I'm happy to e-mial the pics to you. Dave Hope someone else can identifiy it, I couldn't. But, the group you posted it to is not 'empty' ... seems moderately active. Perhaps alt.binaries.test might have been a better choice. |
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"Mil80C" wrote in message ... B.J. I could not access that newsgroup for some reason, perhaps my server does not recognise it, I have found an empty NG "alt.binaries.pictures.fishing" and posted it there. Hope you can see that, If not I'm happy to e-mial the pics to you. Dave "B.J. Herbison" wrote in message ... It doesn't sound like any coin I've seen, it's probably a token. Do you have pictures? Either post to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic or put a link to the picture in this group. B.J. Mil80C wrote: I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 Images have been moved to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic Looks like a medallion to me |
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Some help please, Indian coin
"Brian Blackwell" wrote in message ... "Mil80C" wrote in message ... B.J. I could not access that newsgroup for some reason, perhaps my server does not recognise it, I have found an empty NG "alt.binaries.pictures.fishing" and posted it there. Hope you can see that, If not I'm happy to e-mial the pics to you. Dave "B.J. Herbison" wrote in message ... It doesn't sound like any coin I've seen, it's probably a token. Do you have pictures? Either post to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic or put a link to the picture in this group. B.J. Mil80C wrote: I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 Images have been moved to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic Looks like a medallion to me In the latest issue of Coin World, QDB defines medal and medalet, but not medallion. I was going to email him for an answer, but perhaps you can stand in for him. What, exactly, is a medallion? Mr. Jaggers |
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"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message ... "Brian Blackwell" wrote in message ... "Mil80C" wrote in message ... B.J. I could not access that newsgroup for some reason, perhaps my server does not recognise it, I have found an empty NG "alt.binaries.pictures.fishing" and posted it there. Hope you can see that, If not I'm happy to e-mial the pics to you. Dave "B.J. Herbison" wrote in message ... It doesn't sound like any coin I've seen, it's probably a token. Do you have pictures? Either post to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic or put a link to the picture in this group. B.J. Mil80C wrote: I have found in a deceased relatives things an Indian coin 35 mm in diameter and 2.5 mm thick. The coin features a raised map of India with Gandhi standing in the centre and "75" in the Bay of Bengal, the words GANDHI IN INDIA across the map and some Indian lettering I can not read around the edge. The other side has Gandhi's head and shoulders with more Indian writing but in big bold letters above his head is "SUPERMAN". All is a raised gold/brass colour with a silver background, some of the silver has worn to reveal the brass colour underneath. Has anyone ever heard of such a coin? I expect it is some kind of commemorative coin but I can see no four digit date. Any help appreciated Dave -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 Images have been moved to alt.binaries.pictures.numismatic Looks like a medallion to me In the latest issue of Coin World, QDB defines medal and medalet, but not medallion. I was going to email him for an answer, but perhaps you can stand in for him. What, exactly, is a medallion? Mr. Jaggers A medal without a ribbon. |
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Some help please, Indian coin
Brian Blackwell wrote:
Looks like a medallion to me I agree it's some sort of token or medal -- it doesn't look like a coin. I was wondering if there was some connection to the book "Gandhi in India", but the book was published in 1987 which doesn't explain the "75" on the token. B.J. -- B.J. Herbison / / http://www.herbison.com/herbison/bj.html The Next Asylum / 203 Long Hill Road / Bolton, MA 01740-1421 / +1 978 634-1061 |
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