Posted 08/03/2013 7:49 pm
Upper-left: Saudi Arabia, 1379, 2 ghirsh. This uses the Hijri dating system, where year zero is the date of Mohammad's flight to Jerusalem, which happened some centuries after Christ. In the Christian system it's 1959. There were 22 ghirsh to the riyal, so this is 1/11 of a riyal. The riyal was decimalized in 1963, where 100 halala equalled 1 riyal.
Upper-right: Egypt, double dates 1938-1357, 1 millieme. In some Islamic countries with a strong Western influence or a large Christian population, both the Islamic and Christian dates would appear on coinage. There are 100 piastres to the Egyptian pound, and 10 milliemes to the piastre.
Bottom: Israel, I can't quite make out the date (it's the very small Hebrew lettering below the denomination), 1 agorot.
Upper-right: Egypt, double dates 1938-1357, 1 millieme. In some Islamic countries with a strong Western influence or a large Christian population, both the Islamic and Christian dates would appear on coinage. There are 100 piastres to the Egyptian pound, and 10 milliemes to the piastre.
Bottom: Israel, I can't quite make out the date (it's the very small Hebrew lettering below the denomination), 1 agorot.
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