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Valued Member
Greece
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Hello every one again , need some help with this token , it is in bad condition and after some searching on the net cameup with nothing. It has an egyptian feeling to it but could I be wrong , looks like a sitting lion on one side . Thank you   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I have an idea that it is a plantation token, Malaya or Sumatra. Can't find a match yet.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think that's an Arabic '5' at the top of the wreath.
You always post the most interesting and odd tokens.
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Valued Member
 Greece
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Good morning my friend alganbagerap I look into it but also cant find any info on your lead thank you for your idea Finn235 thank you too , I can try to see the arabic 5 you say and a trace of a sitting lion but , and my mind went to a arabic coin , but what doew P.T. 5 mean ? Yes I get many of them here in greece  Thanks |
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Valued Member
Greece
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no more ideas out there ?
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 United States
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sorry yiorgos131313, but I' not going to be very helpful on this. I can see what you are talking about with a seated lion, and so I immediately made the leap to Iran. However, the vast majority of coins with this lion motif have a crown at the top--not a annulet or number 0. Also, the lion would be lying on some sort of ladder structure and this is different from any other Iranian coin that I have seen--they all have a standing lion with a thin line for the ground. So no more ideas.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
Edited by Spence
04/22/2016 4:32 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
Greece
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Iota;TS a egyptian token with the sphinx on one side , and no idea what the P.T. 5 on the other mean and there is also another one with farouk farida on one side of it
Any egyptian collectorw out there to confirm it ?
Good morning from sunny greece
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Valued Member
Greece
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A Bing image search on "early egypt tokens" brings up an old ebay lot that includes this one:  That ebay listing is at http://www.ebay.com/itm/EGYPT-LOT-9...047675.l2557A Google image search on "Farouk and Farida token" brings us this old ebay listing - but the link is discontinued:  So we have an obverse of one and a reverse of the other. Perhaps a mule/hybrid of two different tokens? Edited by Kamnaskires
04/30/2016 11:03 pm
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United States
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"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Belgium
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Valued Member
Greece
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BOB L YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB THANK YOU SO MUCH
as you say << So we have an obverse of one and a reverse of the other. Perhaps a mule/hybrid of two different tokens? >>
I gess no one can really tell uw what thiw is ,
thankw everyone for your effort
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