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skyzeye
I have got a few 1 anna coins east india company dated 1818 .The front of the coin has a description of God Ram and laksman with hanuman bowing . It is like the half anna coin 1818 . On the back however insead of EIC there is ukl ...can you please advise as there is nothin on the internet about 1 anna East india Company coins with ukl
gxseries
East India Company? I have a feeling that it might be quite common.

Here is an example that I found on the net except it's half anna:

http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/philnum/philnum.htm

Do you happen to have pictures of them?
spiraltreet
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I have got a few 1 anna coins east india company dated 1818 .The front of the coin has a description of God Ram and laksman with hanuman bowing . It is like the half anna coin 1818 . On the back however insead of EIC there is ukl ...can you please advise as there is nothin on the internet about 1 anna East india Company coins with ukl

That is definitely a 19th Century Indian Temple token having no numismatic value. These tokens were minted in silver, copper and brass. The most common of them all is the Ramatanka having Ram, Lakshman, Sita and Hanuman. But unfortunately, forgeries of these old tokens are abundant now..
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