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Odd Coins/Need Identification Please

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 Posted 02/03/2007  08:06 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add rajuncajun to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
I have a few coins left that I cannot ID. Please help. (I'm going to try to find me a better book this weekend). I am stumped as I cannot find any pictures in my book with these pictures and I went thru every page. The first coin is 3/4 inch and has a lion with a sword in its paw. The flip side has a small hert. The second coin 11/16 inch with a dragon, word 'Candareens', flip side language symbols. The third coin, just some type of collectible but if you know when it was issued, I see that symbol on some old coins. This is the last of old identified coins I have at present. I appreciate all your help with the other few, helped me a lot and also to determine if worth my going one step further and getting authentification. (Thanks to you I've gotten good with taking pictures of my coins).
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 Posted 02/03/2007  08:27 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add toast to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The coin with the lion holding a sword is from Iran. Looks like a 50 Dinars coin. The heart and small diamond is the number 50.

The second coin is from China. The writing and Dragon gives that away, I'd guess it was a 10cent piece (like Y# 180c) does it have a numeral 1 in the center of the writing?

Sorry, I have no idea about the "Freedom" token.
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What toast said.

The lion-and-heart coin is Iran, from the monarchy period (the lion-and-sun badge is the symbol for the Iranian monarchy). It's a 50 dinars, of the type issued 1936-1953 AD; we'd need a closeup of the "heart"-side to pick the date.

The Chinese one is a provincial silver, most likely a 10 cent piece, and should have the name of the province, in English, above the dragon's head. The "candareen" is an old Chinese unit of weight. Can you give us a more closeup pic or tell us what else it says around the dragon?

The Freedom/No Cash Value token is a generic amusement/vending token, made to operate various kinds of token-operated machines - anything from washing machines to arcade games.
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