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ID help on coin
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I don't think it's a coin, but a temple token meant to imitate a coin of Shah Jahan (Mughal). The kalima, which on your upper image is pretty close to upside down, in a box is characteristic of Shah Jahan. However, the decorations on the other side are characteristic of no business strikes of his era. There is no way to date it except that it's probably no older than 1628 CE (year of Shah Jahan's accession), and probably many decades later.

I could be wrong, of course. Also, the color looks weird; the Shah Jahan rupee coinage the upper image resembles was mostly silver. I hesitate to think it's gold, but it's not out of the question. Since we were given no dimensions, there's a limit to what we can figure out.

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