gxseries Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 This coin took me by surprise as I wasn't expecting anything like this. From my understanding, this coin is struck in between 1820 - 1835. Bhutan coins circulated along Indian coins as presumably it was cheaper to import coins instead of striking fresh coins. While you think it's a coin full of jumbled characters, there is something unusual - that is if you look really hard in this orientation, you can see the characters "ONE". This appearently is overstruck over an Indian 1/4 anna. Of which era / reign it is, I am not too sure yet. I am not well versed in Indian coinage and hope you can lead me in the right direction. I will have to purchase a 1/4 anna coin for comparsion. That said, the existance of this coin got me interested - was it common for Bhutan to overstrike coins? From what I looked at, this does not seem to be the case. Maybe you happen to have one hiding somewhere in your collection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Very interesting. That's a neat looking coin.Hope you research goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 19, 2013 Report Share Posted December 19, 2013 Wow! So what you're saying is... this coin was a British coin struck for India that made its way to Bhutan to be overstruck then made its way home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted December 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 This is a large image of the underlaying coin. Note that each picture is 1.3mb each.http://gxseries.com/dump/bhutan_half_r_rotated_large_f.jpgAnd I've highlighted the underlying characters that I could make out. This only appears on Indian 1/4 anna.http://gxseries.com/dump/bhutan_half_r_rotated_large_f_illu.jpgI'm confident that you should be able to see the characters. Weight of this coin is 3.78g. I believe this coin has been cut. I haven't measured the diameter of the coin yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted December 20, 2013 Report Share Posted December 20, 2013 Clear as day now that you pointed that out. I can see some of the design on the reverse side, too. I hope someone posts a pic of an unadulterated anna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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