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JonNickelCollector Pillar of the Community United States 851 Posts	Posted 02/15/2013 11:38 pm I found this coin from Afghanistan last week. I know that it is worth two afghanis, which is equivalent to about Two Cents. The date on the left picture says "1383" in Arabic, but this uses a different dating system called Hijri. 1383 in Hijri is the year 1963 in the Gregorian calendar. Can anyone translate the writing on this coin or tell what the building is? Report this Post to the Staff

sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21673 Posts	Posted 02/16/2013 02:31 am I was spending these from pocket change when I was there as a tourist in 1970. Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 02/16/2013 02:46 am Your coin is an Afghanistan, 2 Afghanis, KM# 1045 1383(2004). The Solar Heijira is used. Iran is the only other country, to my knowledge, using this calendar. The building is simply a depiction of a mosque. Sorry, can't help with the legend on the obverse. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16470 Posts	Posted 02/16/2013 03:08 am The Arabic/Persian inscription reads "The Afghanistan Bank". 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
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