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Here's the treasure Gpa left to me.  There are only 2 that I can't figure out so far (I haven't started the Asian ones yet). My camera battery died, so I only have the first side of this one. It's a gorgeous silver coin, a little bigger than a US quarter.  This next one is not my coin, but I was able to find this lion that's the same, except the wreath goes all the way meeting close to the top around a crown. And there are no symbols on this side. The other side has a 1 marking with a small diamond shape beside it, which I'm sure I've seen on Saudi bills. It also has what looks like a wreath or foliage circling this side. There are small markings that could be the year on both sides. It's a goldish color about the size of US dime. Any ideas?  Edited by BenHalfRocks
06/23/2012 2:32 pm
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That lion is from the Persian Empire I believe. Try some Iranian coins from thea early 1900's.
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thanks, it's definitely Iranian. I've found the exact lion side, but the other side is always different. I'll keep looking.
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kenney, that's exactly it. thanks!
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The first coin is from Ottoman Egypt, dated "1327 Year 6" - which converts to AD 1914. A "silver coin, a little bigger than a US quarter" would be a 5 qirsh. WCG example. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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no Babar, there was no man's head, it was the number symbols shown on that link kenney posted, exactly
but thanks
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It showed the number "10" (i.e. "1 .") on the other side?!
That's pretty amazing, because on the side you've shown here, it reads "one", and the link that kenney showed had "ten" (both written in persian, and they aren't the same words, if you compare, even if you can't read the language). I may possibly be mistaken about the word "rial" instead of "dinar", though...I dunno.D'oh! Never mind me!  I just read what you wrote in your original post. More pictures!  Preferably of both sides. Edited by Babar
06/24/2012 2:21 pm
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BenHalf Rocks: I guess that your grandpa may have taken part in the '41-'45 Pacific Campaign of WW Two.
I see an old .925 silver Australian Two Bob sitting on the top of the heap, probably a wartime issue of the SF Mint. It has more silver in it than the Pommie Half Crown of George V next to it!
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sel, you have me laughing at my ignorance in all of this. I'm not sure which coins you are talking about but it sounds like a good thing. I'll have to go look that up. Some of the coins are very obviously silver. There were some that sounded like silver, but I ruled that out because of the color. Now I wonder. I think I have a new level of research for my list. Yay. There turned out to be over 400 coins from 21 countries. The oldest are a few 1854 Dix Centimes and an 1875 10 Centesimi from San Marino. |
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