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redtailkarn New Member United Kingdom 9 Posts	Posted 03/13/2007 3:07 pm hi I'm in a bit of bother I have been given a coin, it's gold and heavy, it's square about 17mm.there's no date or head or picture, just seems to have Arabic style writing on both sides, although it may not be Arabic. I would enclose a picture but not sure how to. any ideas? Report this Post to the Staff

maudry Pillar of the Community Luxembourg 588 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 03:58 am A picture will indeed be necessary to identify this coin or token. To add one, just choose 'Reply to Topic' and click on the camera icon you will find below the textbox. Report this Post to the Staff
Snooba Pillar of the Community Australia 1360 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 04:15 am Hi redtailkarn - Could you please click on the following links and then tell me if your coin looks anything like these? http://huntington.wmc.ohio-state.ed...tID=30028829 http://huntington.wmc.ohio-state.ed...tID=30028828 http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gal...-west_3.html http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes...e/Square.htm http://www.lotn.org/~calkinsc/coins/000053.html If it doesn't look like any of these, then I'll search more thoroughly until I (hopefully) have some more links for you. Report this Post to the Staff
Snooba Pillar of the Community Australia 1360 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 04:25 am As for posting a picture? The following tutorial should help: http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...g_images.asp Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 04:26 am Curious... Square coins in the Islamic series are reasonably common in silver and bronze, but I hadn't heard of a gold one. Most of the square Islamic coins seem to some come from India, which had a long history of square coins prior to the Mughal conquest. A bit of searching came up with this site on Islamic coins from India. The top coin on the page is a square gold coin of Emperor Akbar, 1587 AD. Does it look kind of like that one? Edit to add: Snooba beat me to it! Got to learn to speed-type! 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 Edited by Sap 03/14/2007 04:28 am Report this Post to the Staff
redtailkarn New Member United Kingdom 9 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 2:24 pm have added photo of my coin hope this helps *Edited by Forum Dad to add live photos - Also removed additional thread started to add pics to this discussion* Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 03/14/2007 9:23 pm The pictures aren't clear enough to read the fine details, but it looks more like a coin from the mediaeval Indian state of Malwa than anything else. Malwa made square coins known as "tankas", in copper, silver and gold. Here are a couple of gold specimens from zeno.ru, a database of Asian and Eastern coinages: Ghiyath Shah, dated 890 Islamic Era (1485 AD), 10.91 grams Mahmud Shah II, dated 919 Islamic Era (1513 AD), 10.89 grams I should point out that it could also be either a copper or silver one that's been plated or painted gold, or it could be a "jeweller's copy" or "temple token", made of gold but modern and made to look like an old coin. You say it's "heavy" - how heavy? If it's one of these coins, it should weigh about the same as these two (just under 11 grams). The "tanka" was a unit of weight; gold, silver and copper tankas all weigh about the same. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
redtailkarn New Member United Kingdom 9 Posts	Posted 03/15/2007 1:48 pm hi I think we're almost there it is very similar to the Sultans of Malwa, Ghiyath Shah AH873-906/AD1469-1500, AV Tanka, AH890 I wouldn't say it was a mirror image but it almost the same. I have weighed the coin unfortunately my scales are as good as my camera and it does weigh approximately 11grams, it is quite worn and I can't see any signs of it being plated. It was my Grandads, then my dads now mine, My Grandad was a clever man and I don't think he would have bothered with replica's. many thanks for your help so far Report this Post to the Staff
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