Coochbehar Coins

Comment by Aidan Work on January 25, 2009 at 5:45am

Cooch Behari coins that were issued under British suzerainty are not easy to find,which is why they are extremely elusive to me.

Aidan.

Comment by Shastri JC. Philip on January 25, 2009 at 6:40am

Thanks for starting this group, and also thanks for inviting me to join it!!




Shastri JC Philip
www.CoinsEncyclopedia.org

Comment by Niraj Agarwal on January 25, 2009 at 2:07pm

Hi Aidan, Cooch behar was an independent kingdom which was formed in the late 1500's and continued till the independence of India. The Kings issued Narayani Tankas and they are scarce. In fact when the kingdom came under British Suzeranity, they lost the right to mint coins and were allowed to mint limited quantity of Nazrana coins on the occasion of their accession to the throne.

Comment by Aidan Work on January 25, 2009 at 2:10pm

Niraj,
That's very interesting.The Cooch Behari Nazarana coins that were struck under British suzerainty are pretty scarce.Have you ever seen these or been offered them for sale?

Aidan.

Comment by Niraj Agarwal on January 25, 2009 at 2:14pm

Yes they are Rare. Thy were allowed only to mint @ 1001 Silver and 101 Gold Coins per ruler. I have a Jitendra Narayana 1/2 Rupee and a Jagddipendra Narayana 1/2 Rupee Nazrana Coins. I will upload the coins.

Comment by Aidan Work on January 25, 2009 at 2:23pm

Niraj,
You should join up at http://www.mycoinpictures.com ,& while you're at it,you should download this FREE photo editor from here; http://www.photoscape.org .

Those are very nice coins,but I do know why your photos have come out an egg shape.Above the words 'Comment Wall',there is a green cross with 'Start a Discussion' next to it.Using that will hopefully avoid this problem with the photos coming out in an egg shape.

Aidan.

Comment by Niraj Agarwal on January 25, 2009 at 2:37pm

But it seems perfect to me. They are round shaped like any other coin.

Comment by Niraj Agarwal on January 25, 2009 at 2:38pm

Can you please take a screen shot and mail it to nirajelectro@gmail.com

Comment by Aidan Work on January 25, 2009 at 2:44pm

Niraj,
I haven't got the facilities to scan photos at the moment,as I'm using an emergency set-up until I can get my computer's original power box rebuilt.

Eventually,I will have to buy a digital camera.

Aidan.

Comment by Niraj Agarwal on January 25, 2009 at 2:46pm

Sure. I will try to log from a different machine and view the images.

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