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Unidentified Old Islamic Coin

 
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 Posted 03/27/2023  6:07 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Andi10 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
Hello,dear friends!
Is there anyone who can identify this old islamic coin and also put a correct value on it?
Thank you!

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03/27/2023 6:13 pm
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 Posted 03/27/2023  6:28 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add David Graham to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
At first glance I don't think this is a coin but am sure those with more knowledge will weigh in later on.
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 Posted 03/27/2023  7:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry David, but it is indeed a coin, and Ottoman, though not of the "normal": Ottoman type. It is from the mint of Tarabalus Gharb, or Tripoli of the West - the Tripoli in what we now call Libya, as opposed to the Tripoli that's in Lebanon. Ottoman-Libyan coins are typically much simpler and cruder in design than other Ottoman and Ottoman-era Islamic coins. It is a copper para of sultan Mahmud II, undated but believed to be dating from early in his reign (circa AD 1808). Here's an example on zeno.ru. The inscription translates simply to "struck" on one side, and "in Tarabalus" on the other.

As for value, here's the entry in the NGC database. This one is definitely at the upper end of the grading scale.
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 Posted 03/27/2023  7:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add David Graham to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No need to be sorry Steve. That is how I learn. :-)
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 Posted 03/27/2023  10:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Andi10 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thank you so much, friend Sap!
Thanks also, David, for trying!
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