Mystery Silver Coin From Middle East?

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AnnieWickham New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 3:26 pm Hi there, I am looking for help identifying this coin I found in a large, varied collection of coins haphazardly stashed in my parents' attic and basement. I did not clean this coin, but did put it in the coin flip. It has not seen the light of day (til now) in decades. It would've been collected by my great grandmother or great grandfather (or someone they were related to). They died in the early 1950's. Any ideas would be most appreciated. I apologize if my images are not great. Be patient with me as I am a rookie! Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 4:01 pm I'm away from my references at the moment, but it looks to be Tibet or Nepal. I'll check when home if nobody has ID them. Report this Post to the Staff
Rdwarrior Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 6:32 pm It's a " belly dancers token". Made to look like a Ottoman era coin from Algeria if I remember correctly. Notice what looks like Arabic script is more or less just scribbles. I have several just like it. Report this Post to the Staff
Numismat Pillar of the Community United States 1666 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 9:50 pm ^ yup. They are usually silver washed brass. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16849 Posts	Posted 06/16/2015 11:58 pm Correct; it's a jewellery imitation with a design somewhat crudely based on Ottoman Algerian silver coins. If you do a forum search for "imitation Ottoman algeria", you'll find a dozen or more "coins" with either this exact same design, or one that's very similar. There's one posted in this old thread, for example. 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
AnnieWickham New Member United States 6 Posts	Posted 06/17/2015 08:42 am Thanks so much. The script was driving me crazy because it did not seem to match up with Arabic, or really anything else. Wish I knew where and when it was purchased and what he or she thought she was buying! Thanks again! Report this Post to the Staff
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