I have these two Kutch state 5 Kori coins from the closed moon variety with Victoria on the reverse and Khengarji III on the obverse. However the edges seem different than the one listed here which states the edge to be milled :
Also the years (in Devanagari script - 1941 and 1940) on the front of the two coins are different however the year in Urdu on the reverse seems to be the same (1884?). The question is are these some varieties of the same coin or is this an error?
Both the coins have passed the magnet and ice tests and the sound is correct for silver. The weights of the coins are 13.98 and 13.97g respectively and the diameter is just about 32 mm.
COIN A :
COIN B :
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Hi,
The 2 1/2 Kori and 5 Kori coins have initially been issued with a milled edge until 1928. During that year the security edge with lettering has been introduced.
In the twenties the price of silver dropped to a very low level and private (illegeal) issues have been released in quantity, often in good silver though.
Starting in the late twenties (I wasn't able to find the exact date) the authorities started to draw in the coins with milled edges in order to verify them and put a lettering on the milled edge when the coins were found genuine.
Sometime the lettering made disappear almost completely the milling sometimes the lettering is quite weak and the milling remains strong.
If you have a closer look you will see the original milling on both of your coins.
There are also still original coins with intact milling. As far as I know, they are less common.
On almost all more recent Kutchi coins you will find the two issue years VS and AD. As they do not start the same time you can for most VS-years find two AD-years and vice-versa.
Unfortunately the numista files do not always include the double years.
