Arabic "commemorative"

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Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 09/13/2014 8:04 pm I suspect this is a medal rather than a coin. The dates appear to be 1394 and 1974 (the same year on the Islamic and Gregorian calendars). It appears to be military related, but beyond that I don't know anything else about it. It does seem to be made of silver. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff

nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 06:03 am It is a coin of 1 guinea (pound) from Egypt with the date of 6th October/ 10th of Ramadan. To mark the 1973 war when the Egyptians successfully crossed the Suez Canal on that date and gave Israel a bloody nose (-always forgetting that the Israelis regrouped and pushed back, they ended up on the road to Cairo and were only an hours drive away when the Americans got the Israelis to let Egypt off the hook with a ceasefire). Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16816 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 08:11 am Correct; it is an actual commemorative coin, not a medal. Here's the NGC database page for it. 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
Lucky Cuss Pillar of the Community United States 4883 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 09:30 am Thank you. I think what threw me was the lack of an obvious denomination. I did spot the 1973 date tucked away at the bottom of the obverse, and thought it might have something to do with that year's Yom Kippur War. Colligo ergo sum Report this Post to the Staff
nealeffendi Pillar of the Community Australia 852 Posts	Posted 09/14/2014 10:09 pm There is an obvious denomination (as long as you can read Arabic). It reads wahed guinea in the middle of the reverse. Report this Post to the Staff
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