The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 48, November 13, 2005, Article 25

INDIAN COIN CONTROVERSY

The following is from a November 7 newspaper article:
“Satyam Nagar, proud bearer of a rare pictorial Sikh coin
bearing pictures of the first and the tenth Gurus, has
contradicted the claims made by numismatists regarding
similar coins said to be exhibited only at the British
Museum, London.

A law student of Ludhiana Regional Centre of Panjab
University, Chandigarh, Mr Nagar supports his claim with
a rare coin purportedly minted 258 years ago ( Vikrmi 1804 )
by one of the Sikh missals.”

"Though some numismatics have claimed that only two coins
of this types were reported at the British Museum, it is
my firm opinion that the coin in my possession is different
from those," claimed Mr Nagar.

Supporting his claim with pictures of the coins he said
the coin exhibited at the said museum carried picture of
Guru Nanak Dev only with one person while the one with him
bears pictures of Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana. “Even the
historians are not sure about the identity of person sitting
in front of Guru. Some view him as Bhai Mardana while others
see him as Bhai Bala,” he argued.”

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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