Coin from the Kingdom of Travancore?

Hello,

Can anyone help identify the coin and tell more about this coin?

It looks like Coin from the Kingdom of Travancore.

Weight: 0.41 g
Diameter: 5-6 mm
Non-magnetic

Citeer: "bliskas"​Hello,
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​Can anyone help identify the coin and tell more about this coin?
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​It looks like Coin from the Kingdom of Travancore.
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​Weight: 0.41 g
​Diameter: 5-6 mm
​Non-magnetic
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​Good afternoon, bliskas. I think your instinct is right. I have found this website:-

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/forum/index.php?topic=9513.0

The first posting is titled:

"Travancore, Silver Chuckram, Rama Varman IV. ca. 1860-1880"

and has coins like yours.

Hope this helps,
regards, Alex.

I agree, I think this is a silver chuckram of Travancore, probably under Rama Varma IV (1860-1880). There are many of these in Zeno, for example

https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=78205

The striking position for the second side is off-center.

While it is true that the Venad kasu and other South Indian coins have many dots, the kasu is of bronze and I don't think the pattern matches.

Citeer: "Seeker55"​I agree, I think this is a silver chuckram of Travancore, probably under Rama Varma IV (1860-1880). There are many of these in Zeno, for example
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​https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=78205
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​The striking position for the second side is off-center.
​
​While it is true that the Venad kasu and other South Indian coins have many dots, the kasu is of bronze and I don't think the pattern matches.

​That is very interesting, Seeker 55. Because I also looked at the kasus of the Chera Dynasty (Kingdom of Venad)!

Cheers, Alex.