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Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 10:29 pm Could use some help identifying this. Report this Post to the Staff

philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 10:37 pm Don't think the Ottomans would take kindly to being called "Arab!" Report this Post to the Staff
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 10:43 pm Haha, oh gosh! Sorry my Ottoman overlords!... If thats who the coin came from? What year is it? Is that a 1400 on the coin? Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 10:49 pm ~~I think the date is AH1200/(AD1785 or AD1786)~~ UPDATE - think I was wrong, looks like a 1 or 2 Kurush from Turkey Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 11:13 pm Calling it "Arab" is not entirely wrong, since the language on the coin is Arabic. Better, though, to call it "Islamic" rather than "Arab". The coin is dated 10th regnal year of 1255 accession date (the characters that look a bit like "1400" are actually "1255" written in Arabic numerals). That converts to 1264 in the Islamic calendar, or AD 1848. The small silver coins of Ottoman Turkey all have exactly the same design; you tell the denominations apart by size. What's the diameter of your coin? 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
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 11:18 pm Its approx 18mm wide Sap. Report this Post to the Staff
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 09/24/2013 11:20 pm Ahah! Found it on ebay! R Turkey 1 Kurush 1255 Year 8 Rare Abdum Mejid Coin Ottoman Empire Thanks for the help Sap, Fuzzy317 and Philadelphian! Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16837 Posts	Posted 09/25/2013 05:10 am As I said, the 1 and 2 kurush coins appear identical in pictures; you can only tell them apart by size. If it's 18mm across, then your coin is actually a 2 kurush. Here's the catalogue reference page. 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
rooneydog Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 739 Posts	Posted 09/25/2013 06:30 am Quote: R Turkey 1 Kurush 1255 Year 8 Rare Abdum Mejid Coin Ottoman Empire As Sap says 2 Kurush but it is year 10 not 8 Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/25/2013 10:00 am The mint is Konstantinye. The ascension year is 1255 and it was minted in year 10 Sap you are a bit off in the description of the writing, the letters are Arabic (not islamic, as many Arab Christians would be offended) , but the language is Ottoman. The language became known as Turkish and the letters were changed to Western script after WWI. Report this Post to the Staff
Solace-ian Valued Member Canada 94 Posts	Posted 09/25/2013 6:28 pm Interesting stuff! Thanks for all the help guys! Report this Post to the Staff
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