Large Diameter-Flat - Thin ( similar Diameter to British Silver Rupee and Independent India Rupee )
It is Overstruck ? ( meaning struck again on an earlier coin ? ) The inscription is Raised ( Overstruck ) than Plain ( Single Strike )
Overstriking happened frequently in the Pre British Medieval and Ancient India when one King after defeating the Other King would Over Strike the Defeated Kingdom's Coins ( Instead of Melting and Re Striking ) This Doublestrike trike was a Cheaper and a Quicker Way. Numismatic Experts can decipher the Details of Both The Old Coin and the New Coin.
Double Struck Silver Rupee Coins are very very rare ( struck after a successful military campaign ).
For study of Single Strick of Sher Shah Suri ( more common ) variety , please click :-
http://coinindia.com/galleries-suri.html
For Single Strike of Silver Coin of Alauddin Khilji
http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=14067.0
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Tags :Pre British Silver Rupee , Mughal Medieval India Princely State
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For further study of Over struck coins , please click :-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overstrike_%28numismatics%29
Alauddin Khalji one Tanka, CE 1296-1316.
ReplyDeleteSingle struck coin with script in persian. Mint-Hazrat Dehli
Top- Al-sultan al-azm Alalalduniya wa al din abu al-zafar Muhammad Shah al-sultan.
Bottom- Sikander Al-bani................
Thanks for this valuable information .
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