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Punch Mark Coins (PMC)



 
 Metal
Debased Silver* 
 Weight
2.6gm
 Two royal symbols - Sun & 6-arm
 Metal
 Debased Silver* 
 Weight
 3.4gm
 
 Metal
  Debased Silver* 
 Weight
 2.06gm



These all belong to Vidarbha region,  Post-Mauryan 200 BC.

* Debased Silver means a coin whose silver content is low due to higher mix of non-precious (also know as baser) metals like copper, iron, lead, zinc, tin etc.
PMC means 'Punch Mark Coin' it is a technique by which silver in form of sheet was flattened by hammer, then on such blank silver sheet individual punches were placed, then sheet was cut into smaller pieces and weight adjusted by clipping the side(s).

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