While I was sorting my Indian coins, I found these two pieces that Krause lists under same catalog number KM#445. How can that be possible? if you check carefully you will find tons of differences!
Do you have info of any other specialized catalogs and the way they classify them?
(scans from my own collection)
LINK: East India Company coinage at Chiefa Coins
Hi!
ReplyDeleteKrause catalog isn't good at all for these kind of varieties... :(
But I think it could be cause of the mint that made the coins, the 1835 ones were minted in Bombay and Madras, and the 1848 in Calcutta...
Try F. Pridmore, "The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations", Part 4, India, vol. 2
ReplyDeleteright one real coin, left is fake
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/East_India_Company.htm
right side coin is real left side coins is fake
ReplyDeletehttp://www.chiefacoins.com/Database/Countries/East_India_Company.htm
I also have one on the right in my collection that I got from my ancestors. Just curious to know how much will it fetch in an legitimate auction?
ReplyDelete