unknown coin, possibly from Myanmar [solved]

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Rangfangfoobychops
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 20:46 #
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I'm really struggling to identify this coin. I believe the text in the star is Burmese but in all honesty I'm not even sure if the pictures are the right way up. It is about 22mm, made of copper or similar. Still has some shine in places so I doubt it's particularly old. It's possibly it's exonumia and not actually currency.

Thank you for any help I get.

ngdawa
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 21:07 #
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That is indeed Burmese writing. Do you have a picture of the other side as well?
Rangfangfoobychops
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 21:15 #
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Quote: "ngdawa"​That is indeed Burmese writing. Do you have a picture of the other side as well?
​Here you go, for some reason it's not attaching to the main post. Sorry

ngdawa
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 22:23 #
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This makes ne think it's a temple token of some kind.
ZacUK Numista team
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 22:41 #
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Maybe this, from India ...
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia177582.html
Token collector [1600-1899] with some coins
Rangfangfoobychops
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Posted: 7 Sep 2021, 22:45 #
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Quote: "ZacUK"​ Maybe this, from India ...
​https://en.numista.com/catalogue/exonumia177582.html
​Oh yes! that's the one! Thank you very much ZacUK. I was sure it was from Myanmar. I'd love to know more about it but it looks pretty unresearched
Status changed to Solved (Rangfangfoobychops, 7 Sep 2021, 22:45)
ashlobo
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Posted: 8 Sep 2021, 04:24 #
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Quote: "ngdawa"​That is indeed Burmese writing. Do you have a picture of the other side as well?
​that’s Telugu. Kannada script is similar but differs slightly
ngdawa
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Quote: "ashlobo"
Quote: "ngdawa"​That is indeed Burmese writing. Do you have a picture of the other side as well?
​​that’s Telugu. Kannada script is similar but differs slightly
​Yes, it was much clearer on the linked page.
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