Unidentified Foreign Coin, Language

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portlandcoins New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 01:09 am Trying to identify what this is (or at least what country it is from) and not having any luck. The script resembles some older coins from India. Has anyone seen this kind of writing before? Tyler * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 02:09 am It's not a "coin", in terms of being a legal tender piece of money issued by a government. It is an Islamic pilgrim's token from Southeast Asia (Indonesia/Malaysia). The script is Jawi, a local variation on Arabic. I'm not entirely sure, but I believe the image in the bottom pic is a depiction of the story of the sacrifice of Abraham's son. I don't think you'll find an exact match, but you'll find numerous similar items on these zeno.ru pages. 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
thai-vic Pillar of the Community Thailand 1509 Posts	Posted 12/27/2013 02:47 am Ah yes, Abraham. And I thought it was a token handed out at circumcisions! Report this Post to the Staff
portlandcoins New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 12/28/2013 12:17 am Sap, thank you very much for your expertise. This is the first of these I've run across. Report this Post to the Staff
Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 12/28/2013 12:35 am identified, moving this to the section for Tokens Report this Post to the Staff
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