{"id":1504,"date":"2020-10-05T18:24:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/product\/rare-india-gold-1-4-fanam-worlds-smallest-gold-coin-for-general-circulation\/"},"modified":"2020-10-05T18:24:24","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T18:24:24","slug":"rare-india-gold-1-4-fanam-worlds-smallest-gold-coin-for-general-circulation","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/product\/rare-india-gold-1-4-fanam-worlds-smallest-gold-coin-for-general-circulation\/","title":{"rendered":"Rare India Gold 1\/4 Fanam ~ World\u2019s Smallest Gold Coin for General Circulation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INDIA,  <\/span>Vijayanagar<\/span> mint (?). <\/span>14th<\/sup>
\n– 16th<\/sup> centuries AD. AV Quarter Fanam (0.02675 grams – 3mm).  Uncertain crude design \/ Uncertain crude
\ndesign.  <\/span>Mitchiner,<\/span> <\/span><\/b>NIS<\/span> – <\/span>; Herrlli –<\/p>\n

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Ex Dr. Alexander
\nFishman, Ancient Coins Canada (September), 2014<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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These are the smallest gold coins ever minted
\nfor general circulation. <\/span>These
\ncome from Southern India and are often attributed to Vijayanagar, but the exact
\nprovenance is unknown. These are die struck, range between two to four millimeters in
\ndiameter, and are high purity gold.  The
\ncoins are usually crudely struck with a ‘cross’ or ‘leaf’ design on one side
\nand an uncertain crude design on another. <\/p>\n

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These coins are said to have been struck
\nbetween the 14th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup> centuries when this region was
\nruled by various dynasties: Hindu, <\/span>Deccani Muslim, and later by<\/span> Colonial powers such as the British, Dutch, French
\nand Danish that controlled the destiny of India.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is said that the moderate to heavy rainfall
\nbring in these hidden treasures by flooding out the alluvial soil of the
\nregion, especially during the monsoon period. These tiniest of coins seem too
\nsmall to handle, but were sorted, and counted by means of counting boards with
\nindentations to catch each piece.<\/span>  <\/span>Little
\nelse is known about these tiniest of miniatures coins.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This remarkable coin is an
\nexceptionally minute issue that <\/span>is among the lightest
\nweight coins ever produced <\/span>in any metal <\/span>from
\nantiquity to the present day. The smallest coins in the world are believed to
\nbe the early to mid<\/span>-1<\/span>8th<\/sup> century <\/span>silver
\n<\/span>coins of Nepal that weigh between 0.008 and 0.015
\ngrams (footnote 1). The<\/span>y <\/span>depict
\nthe trident of Shiva, an emblem frequently used on Nepalese <\/span>coins.<\/span><\/p>\n


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[1]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a> N.G. Rhodes, “The Smallest Coins in the World,” NCirc<\/i>, vol. 81 (March), 1973, p. 100<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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INDIA,  Vijayanagar mint (?). 14th – 16th centuries AD. AV Quarter Fanam (0.02675 grams – 3mm).  Uncertain crude design \/ Uncertain crude design.  Mitchiner, NIS – ; Herrlli – Ex Dr. Alexander Fishman, Ancient Coins Canada (September), 2014 These are the smallest gold coins ever minted for general circulation. These come from Southern India and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1507,"template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[50],"product_tag":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1504"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1504"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silvercoppercoins.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}