2019 - Tamil Eelam
R500 Fantasy Token
In 2019 a silver plated copper-nickel Hexagonal fantasy
Token was minted by Artist Vitaly Bakhtinov
as part of over 239 of such Fantasy
Tokens minted from 2013.
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Metallurgy | Silver plated Cu-Ni |
| Type | Struck |
| Diameter | 40.0/33.8 mm |
| Thickness | 2.9 mm |
| Weight | 23.8 gms |
| Shape | Hexagon |
| Edge | Plain |
| Die Axis | 0° |
| Issue | 150 |
| Mint | VB |
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| KM Unlisted
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Obverse : Growling Tiger Head from side to left on Symbolic Sun on
lower right. Name TAMIL EELAM on top with
தமிழீழம்
(Tamiḻīḻam) below.
Reverse : Tiger walking to left on ground foliage at center with Mint
mark ВБ (VB) on left and year of
issue 2019 below on right.
சுதந்திரம்
மலிலும்
சமத்துவம்
(Cutantiram malilum camattuvam = Freedom and Equality), in 3 lines above.
and below R500with
ரூபாய்
(Rūpāy = Rupee ) below.
This does not appear to be a product minted for the Thamil Diaspora.
I thank Wolfgang Schuster for helping me in 2024 July to get a
specimen from an European dealer who did not post outside the EU,
and sending it to me with Heinz Walter in 2025 February.
The Token was scanned at 600 dpi and displayed at 200 dpi.