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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, it does seem very old. Thanks for the close-up svslav.
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02/12/2012 10:47 pm
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New Member
 United States
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Thanks for doing the work for me, svslav. It doesn't look that old to me either. My original thought was that this was some kind of chit or IOU from the 20th century.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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No, actually, it could be 16th or 17th century (or older). When sv says beyond EIC, I believe he means older not more recent. An IOU would be written on paper.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Looks to me like it could be a sort of advertising token for employing or business deals.
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New Member
United States
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I definitely need some better photos for this. Thank you all.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Actually I meant quite recent. And I said "sounds ..." because I made my judgement from the (translation of the) legend. It sounded very modern (after WW2 for sure). The looks of this jeton confirmed my feelings.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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United States
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Ok, how about these images? Any better? (Thanks for the welcome, biggfredd)   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Yes, much better, thanks. I think we EGcollector to help out and see if the translation is correct.
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New Member
United States
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Yeah, I tried to email EGcollector but since I'm new I have not yet earned the ability to do that.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Hi matthewarsenault and to CCF I guess who translated it, has translated it literally.... The translation is correct but its better to be read this way "Middle East Company for Work"...... The word work here has been written using an Arabic word that may have different meanings... it may mean Labor and Manpower and it may mean Construction. IMO this is not a coin, it is a token but I dont know what was it used for. Hope I could help  |
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Pillar of the Community
Egypt
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Thanks Apollo for giving me a chance to help |
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New Member
United States
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Thank you Apollo and EGcollector. Does the style of the language indicate any particular country of origin?
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New Member
United States
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Well, now I'm kinda stuck in my search to find out what this token is. Does anyone know of any books on Arabic language tokens (that are written in english)?
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