Confusing "fernando VII ?" 8 Reales.

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Athlon New Member Germany 10 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 2:58 pm Hi, I have this "8 Reales ?" coin from Saudi-Arabia,it was part of a old Bedouin necklace. One problem is that year on the obverse-side is gone and the reverse-side has some untypical words on it, that I cant pinpoint. Thanks in advance! ?FERNANDO VII? Diameter: about 38(mm) = 1,5(in) Weight: about 22 gram Edited by Athlon 06/08/2012 3:02 pm Report this Post to the Staff

tokenmast Pillar of the Community United States 648 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 4:04 pm Very nice jewelry piece quite possibly pure silver Looks like it was cast from memory of a 8reales. The pillars are very thin, along with the other things you mention. Nice silver work! Similar to belly dancer coins Report this Post to the Staff
Athlon New Member Germany 10 Posts	Posted 06/08/2012 4:32 pm Thanks. I also think its some sort of silver trade coin for the Middle-East and Africa like the Maria Theresa thaler,there are endless variants of the Maria Theresa thaler in the ME. But I still wonder why the words on the reverse-side,left and right of the pillars say "SAGA" and "MIK?" Nice site on the Maria Theresa thaler. The Maria Theresa Thaler 1780 http://www.theresia.name/en/index.html Edited by Athlon 06/08/2012 4:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Athlon New Member Germany 10 Posts	Posted 06/09/2012 2:41 pm I contacted the guys at cointdatabase and they said its a jewelry facsimile. Still kind of interesting to know what provoked the silversmith or who ever made it to duplicate the original in such a fashion. The work of a Jewish silversmith from Yemen or some foreign Government duplicate? More typical for such coins/necklaces are Maria-Theresien-Talers from the 40s which were minted by the British and the Italians as a form of silver war support currency for Eritrea/Ethiopia. See my example - the other necklace has some early Saudi silver coins on it. Edited by Athlon 06/09/2012 2:43 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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Confusing "Fernando VII ?" 8 Reales.