An early fanam (11th-12th c.), greatly magnified

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A gold fanam from a mint at Negapatam, 1700's

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"Scarce gold fanam, Dutch India (ca.1700-1784), Negapatnam mint. Size: 8mm in diameter, 0.5g. Notes: Degenerated Kali / Stylized boar. Negapatnam mint. Superb UNC, scarce, much scarcer than the common Cochin fanam.

A size comparison of such fanams with a dime

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A greatly magnified East India Company five-fanam coin

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