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Original – A
Netherlands Indies silver rupee from Java, 1803. This predates the first paper money in the colony by 12 years.ALT - Reverse orientation corrected.
Reason
Impressive image of a coin. The script here is
Jawi, an Arabic-based script used to write Malay; I don't think we have any featured pictures with the script yet. Not that I can read it worth a darn, but...
Support I don't pretend to understand it - I presume there's some sort of (possibly obsolete) local script used on it? The article on
Jawi alphabet doesn't help at all. Otherwise, this coin is an extreme rarity for the time period insofar as it has no text on it besides the date. Is the image on the right upside down, or is there both a 6-like and 9-like character in the script? Adam Cuerden(
talk) 10:34, 25 June 2015 (UTC)reply
I think you're right, Adam. The m-like character is an S, and should be looking like a W. Sadly, owing to the lighting, any attempt to fix it looks really wonky. —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 11:39, 25 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Might be able to get away with it as two images, but... Adam Cuerden(
talk) 12:57, 25 June 2015 (UTC)reply
I prefer the original (lighting is more even), but I also support ALT (though I get the feeling another couple degrees counter clockwise would work better). —
Chris Woodrich (
talk) 02:54, 26 June 2015 (UTC)reply
Comment I don't thinkt he alt works with them side by side. Maybe one above the other, so there's a point for light to have eminated from between them? Adam Cuerden(
talk) 03:19, 26 June 2015 (UTC)reply