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Imasnore Valued Member Canada 360 Posts	Posted 04/13/2012 10:45 pm I can not place this coin... it is 32.5 mm, reeded. I read the date as 1293AH = 1908AD but the number below the three stars is 33 (meaning?) and I can not determine the denomination. Does anyone know if I have the year is correct and what the denomination is? Report this Post to the Staff

worldnumis Pillar of the Community United States 731 Posts	Posted 04/13/2012 10:57 pm Try Egypt 10 Piastres 1293/33 Report this Post to the Staff
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 04/14/2012 12:54 am AH 1293 (which is 1876 by the way) is the ascension year (of sultan Abdul Hamid II). 33 is the regnal year, so the date of this coin is 1876 + 33 - 1 = 1908. Egypt and Turkey, though both parts of Ottoman Empire, struck their own coins. This one was done in "Misr", Egypt. Report this Post to the Staff
molydeii Pillar of the Community Turkey 870 Posts	Posted 04/14/2012 5:32 pm Another thing about that coin is it was minted in Heaton Mint, Birmingham, UK. See that letter "H" below the fascisas under the tugra of the coin. After 1860's Egypt formed a different government under "Kavalali Ali Pasha". The government must have contracted their coins to foreign mints. Report this Post to the Staff
Imasnore Valued Member Canada 360 Posts	Posted 04/14/2012 7:53 pm Trukish Egypt 10 Qirsh KM 281, thanks. I eventually find it, when I am looking for something else. "H" is interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
molydeii Pillar of the Community Turkey 870 Posts	Posted 04/15/2012 08:41 am Imasnore, even though it's a very nice coin, your ebay asking price is very high for it. Just my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
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