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Coin Identification: Turkey/Ottoman/Indian/Middle-Eastern?

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 Posted 09/19/2015  1:52 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add tom007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Warning: Small Photos

Hello!

This coin came with a lot I purchased and am waiting for to arrive. Unfortunately, despite my request, the seller was not able to provide me with close up shots of this coin, so these cropped images are the only ones I have.

I've been told it is most likely Turkish, Ottoman, Indian, or Middle Eastern (i.e. Afghanistan and the like) and is probably silver. However, I have not found, in the catalogues, a coin similar to this. There are many Turkish/Ottoman coins with very close designs, but none completely accurate. Same goes with Indian coins, and I have only just begun researching into the middle east coinage.

If some one could steer me in the right direction, such as exact country or year or design identity, I would appreciate it very much. Also, one last thing, I do not know if the hole is meant to be there or if it was punched post mintage.

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Coin-Identification:-Turkey/Ottoman/Indian/Middle-Eastern?

Coin-Identification:-Turkey/Ottoman/Indian/Middle-Eastern?


Again, I apologize for the tiny, almost frustratingly so, photos.

(Long) PS - As stated in a previous post, this coin was part of a lot I paid under $15 for that contained a VF Canadian 1858 10 cent piece, a nice Swiss Franc from 1851, or so I believe, numerous silver coins (including this one, maybe) and a few old coppers that, barring a key date, are probably not worth much.

That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if this coin was somewhat rare/valuable because the man from whom I purchased the coins mentioned they were inherited from his grandfather who had amassed quite the impressive US collection.

He sold the U.S. coins and made a killing, and, even when I told him I would pay more than what I did because of the 1858 10 cent, he said it was no problem and he'd accept any price because they were "worthless" to him. So, because of all that, I am convinced it could be somewhat valuable.

I can dream right! Haha!
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 Posted 09/19/2015  2:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dohcollector to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
hey again
looks ether turkish or egypt

with a date and value you could go a long way, there also should be a year on the coin but if you already know what you have then you can go from there
try to figure the date/value out with this

https://islaandpatrickinkuwait.file...-9.jpg?w=906
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09/19/2015 2:38 pm
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 Posted 09/19/2015  2:31 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
We need better photos, diameter and weight.

It could be a gold coin, an imitation gold coin, a sequin from a dress.....
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 Posted 09/19/2015  2:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tom007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, the photos really do net help much. I was just hoping some one could identify the design. It is about the diameter of a quarter.
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 Posted 09/19/2015  4:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Pertinax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Some of the older sequins are copies of gold coins.

In some the weight gives them away.
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 Posted 09/19/2015  5:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add X2an to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
To me it does not look like a genuine coin, or a replica of one either. That is, of course, what I can make out. Does not look Egyptian/late Ottoman to me, but I can see what suggests it.

When these arrive maybe you can get some better photos
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 Posted 09/19/2015  6:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tom007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I will certainly post photos on Tuesday or Wednesday when they arrive. Can't wait to see what date the Swiss Franken will be!
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The hole and the script leads me to believe that it is a "belly dance" costume "coin".

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 Posted 09/20/2015  04:25 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add agandau to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The top one looks a bit like an India silver bullion coin but I could be wrong because the image is very poor.

Have a look at the photo tutorial to help you better show your information.
http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/tutorials.asp

Keep practising with those photos Tom.
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 Posted 09/20/2015  06:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add molydeii to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hey, what I can tell from the photos, the design looks like late 1700's Ottoman coins to me, however being holed, looks tiny and misaligned suggests me it is a tiny little token what is used as an ornament in costumes. The script is unreadable to me, but if the coin\token is quite thin and brassy, it should be one of them, instead of a coin. Hope that helps.
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 Posted 09/22/2015  6:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tom007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks everyone, coin ended up being a costume piece.
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 Posted 09/22/2015  6:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tom007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
But the Swiss Franken was 1850-A!
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