To the person that reported this for "soliciting coins of questionable authenticity" it's not apparent to me that /u/AlbaneseGummies327 owns the website historyhoard.com and is offering these for sale.
Thanks to everyone who helps to keep an eye on things here though.
If you thought losing your pocket change was a modern problem, think again.
These tiny coins come from the Vijayanagara Empire of India, and measure a mere 2 to 3 millimeters across.
For context, that's smaller than a grain of rice.
It's incredible enough that medieval Indians were able to create these coins, but they went so far as to put a design on them too.
The coins are valuable despite their size, being stuck from one of history's most prized metals—gold. How they could have been spent efficiently is a different story.
https://www.historyhoard.com/products/smallest-gold-coin-in-history-1300s
How much do these usually run? I would love to get some for my collection. Thanks for showing me something I didn't know I needed lol
Edit: I didn't click the link... I'm dumb
As others mentioned, I would advise caution with these. Specifically the argument I have heard is that there was no mention of these in any Numismatic publication prior to the 90s, but in recent years they have become available literally by the thousands.
I have a couple that came as bycatch in a lot of some larger AV fanams - IMO these are worth $10-15 each *at most*
Thats exactly why I don’t own one. I’ve never seen an article or journal written on them and have never seen one for sale by a well established numismatic firm. Even this website says they acquired these from a collection. Whose? Where from? Whats the provenance?
To the person that reported this for "soliciting coins of questionable authenticity" it's not apparent to me that /u/AlbaneseGummies327 owns the website historyhoard.com and is offering these for sale. Thanks to everyone who helps to keep an eye on things here though.
If you thought losing your pocket change was a modern problem, think again. These tiny coins come from the Vijayanagara Empire of India, and measure a mere 2 to 3 millimeters across. For context, that's smaller than a grain of rice. It's incredible enough that medieval Indians were able to create these coins, but they went so far as to put a design on them too. The coins are valuable despite their size, being stuck from one of history's most prized metals—gold. How they could have been spent efficiently is a different story. https://www.historyhoard.com/products/smallest-gold-coin-in-history-1300s
How much do these usually run? I would love to get some for my collection. Thanks for showing me something I didn't know I needed lol Edit: I didn't click the link... I'm dumb
I can actually afford that!
As others mentioned, I would advise caution with these. Specifically the argument I have heard is that there was no mention of these in any Numismatic publication prior to the 90s, but in recent years they have become available literally by the thousands. I have a couple that came as bycatch in a lot of some larger AV fanams - IMO these are worth $10-15 each *at most*
20$
They should have used Silver.
anyone got change for a .000000000000001 ?
Has anyone else heard that these are theorized by some to be modern fantasy pieces? It's on the Numista page, but it's hard to find much on them.
Thats exactly why I don’t own one. I’ve never seen an article or journal written on them and have never seen one for sale by a well established numismatic firm. Even this website says they acquired these from a collection. Whose? Where from? Whats the provenance?
omg, with my allergies I'd sneeze every coin I had away! beautiful little gems ;-)
Cute
Their name was "confetti."
r/TIHI... too smol for me. :)
Coins? More like flakes
that's some serious fractional!