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Item No. 87222

SIKH EMPIRE: AE paisa, 1830, KM-Pn1, Herrli-04.20.11, barbarous inscription on machine struck planchet, tiny rim nick, choice Extremely Fine.

Herrli believes this piece to be a 'token' issue of the later part of the 19th century stuck in North India. The manufacturing style would indicate otherwise as this high quality type of striking was not being done anywhere in India at this time except at the goverment mints in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras. It is possibly a pattern of European origin.

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