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Islamic Temple Token

Islamic Temple Token - obverseIslamic Temple Token - reverse

© Abbas Dhothar (CC BY-SA)

Features

Location India - British (British India)
Type Spiritual tokens › Religious tokens
Years 1850-1940
Composition Brass
Weight 11.9 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
391696

Obverse

Mosque with colonnade in front; six dome and six minarets. Madina Sharif in Arabic below.

Script: Arabic

Lettering: مدینہ شریف

Translation: Madina Sharif

Reverse

Kalima in Center with name of ALLAH and MUHAMMAD (صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ وسلم) and HIS Family, ALI, FATIMA, HASSAN, HUSSAIN

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
لا اله الا اللــــــــه محمد رســـــــــــول اللــــــــه
یا اللہ،یا محمد،علی،فاطمہ، حسن، حسین

Translation:
There is no god but ALLAH and MUHAMMAD (صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ وسلم) is the messenger of ALLAH
Ya ALLAH, Ya MUHAMMAD (صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہ وسلم) , ALI, FATIMA, HASSAN, HUSSAIN

Edge

Plain

Comments

It is a 20th century indian token. See Mitchiner catalog for more details.
Weight/Diameter varies. Generally silver washed (made of of brass/bronze)

Many varieties can be found here:

https://indiannumismatics.com/products.php?id=170

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1850-1940) 

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