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elfof4sky Valued Member United States 64 Posts	Posted 07/07/2013 6:17 pm I found it in my bag of foreign coin counter rejects. It was stuck in the counter wheel and was badly wiped. Never the less, it has some markings, looks middleeastern from what I can see. It rings silver when I drop it on the desk. Looks like there is no portrait, but a plant like thing. also the border looks wreathed. Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff

elfof4sky Valued Member United States 64 Posts	Posted 07/07/2013 7:11 pm Perhaps the frond of a date palm is the plant thing. In the lower picture, not obvious. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 07/07/2013 8:21 pm The symbol on the obverse (bottom pic) is the lion-and-sun logo of the old monarchy in Iran. The coin is a cupronickel 1 rial; something like this one. I can't read the date on your coin (in one of the Iranian calendars, below the knot in the wreath in the top pic) but it will date prior to the revolution which overthrew the Shah in 1979. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 07/08/2013 02:50 am See this link for a coin similar to yours but in a little better condition! Unfortunate that the date is not visible. http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq...in_coin=5696 Report this Post to the Staff
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