Pure Silver Bullion Coin from India, Found at Low Tide - Big Coin :D

[UnderMiner]

Spent about 45 minutes hunting the low tide river front today. The highlight of the hunt was a big 20 gram pure silver bullion coin from India. Also found a $1 coin, and a few other things.

As it was in the water:

Short video:

Back and Front, weighs 20 grams:

According to my research the Indian gods on the coin are called Laxmi & Ganesha. Ganesha is the elephant on the right. He is the Hindu patron of arts, sciences, intellect, and wisdom. Lakshmi is worshiped as the goddess of wealth.
Cleaned:

A few of today's other finds:

 

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[ARC]

Underminer... so you just found that coin in situ laying like that ?

 

[UnderMiner]

Underminer... so you just found that coin in situ laying like that ?

Yes, when I'm eyeballing the area where the water meets the sand at low tide I often spot cool stuff on the surface. I also sometimes use a gardening hoe to remove the top layer of silt and rocks, but I didn't use that today.

 

[Mackaydon]

I've seen that same 'coin' advertised as being 'German Silver'; like here:
Payalwala German Silver Laxmi Ganesh Swastik Coin: Buy Payalwala German Silver Laxmi Ganesh Swastik Coin Online in India on Snapdeal
'German silver' is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc. The usual formulation is 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc; often it is sliver plated.
Still an interesting find whatever it's composition.
Don....

 

[UnderMiner]

Now I feel dumb, lol :P
Still that coin you link to has a different reverse to the one I found and there seem to be many types of these coins, and from what I can tell many are made using pure silver. But you're probably right, it's likely just imitation silver. Still fun to find big shiny coins in the water

 

[Mackaydon]

UnderMiner,
As you said, the 'coin' has many variations. You may wish to have your local jeweler verify .999 silver. With that obverse, I only found one that matched; and that's the one I referenced. Yours still may be .999 silver: I'm not familiar with the initials 'DJ' which precedes the .999 figure.
Don..

 

[joee5]

Man oh man. And it was just laying there waiting for you to come along

 

[Mackaydon]

A little research later......... DJ was apparently the mark of Dix Jewellery, trading as Harrison Brothers & Hewson. They first registered at the London assay office in 1958; their registration expired in 2006. Perhaps this your mark.
Don......

 

[Loco-Digger]

WOW, You don't see those every day. I bet you about crapped yourself when you pulled that out of the water.

 

[gheenoe78]

Interesting find!

 

[trapperart]

Congrats very interesting