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New Member
United States
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 Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It's a silver Turkish piastre coin, not sure about date though...
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Maybe 1168 (1754)....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Ottoman Turkey, 10 para, which would be a quarter of a kurush (piastre).
The ascension date under the denomination is AH 1293 = Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
The regnal year under the toughra looks like 27, which means the coin was made in AD 1901.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Well, I got the Turkey part right.......
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New Member
 United States
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Pardon my ignorance. Are the lines inside the crescent moon writing- what does it say? And is there something written on the other side, or is it just ornamental? Thanks for the info kindly provided already.
Oh, and what kind of metal is it? Probably not silver, just guessing from the appearance.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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It is silver, but in very weak composition (10% silver only = 0.1000). Yes, the lines are writing.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Sorry, I cannot read Arabic alphabet (or know enough Turkish) nor I have any literature on the matter. I believe Sap has a book on reading Islamic coins, he may be able to help. I think inside the crescent there would be some kind of religious message. On ther bottom pic (by the way both images need to be turned about 90 degrees counterclockwise to be upright) there's the toughra, the sultan's signature with the year of reign of the sultan under it. |
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Valued Member
Jordan
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inside the crescent (Pride in victory struck in constantinople)
thank you
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Valued Member
Malta
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the date apperas to be AH1293
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Posted 01/31/2012 12:26 am
