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collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 4:42 pm I was wondering where this coin is from. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 5:05 pm This is not an ancient or medieval coin. From the looks of the design it appears to be from South East Asia perhaps from Thailand, Laos, or Cambodia. Struck no earlier the the 19th century. I moved it to the Unidentified coin section for more help. Report this Post to the Staff
collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 6:03 pm I can't find it. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34418 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 7:39 pm maybe a temple/mosque token? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 01/25/2016 9:23 pm Any idea whether it's silver or some base metal? The side with the temples almost certainly pins it as thailand, sometime before 1900. What puzzles me is the arabic writing on the reverse--much more typical of say Indonesia. If it is silver, I'm inclined to say maybe an unofficial trade currency? Indonesia has been struggling for years to combat privately minted gold and silver coins by hardline conservative Muslims who only honor the denominations laid out in the Quran. Thailand mostly jumped straight from crude stamped ingots to modern minting technology, so the sharp details does not match up with the poor centering and undersized flan. Report this Post to the Staff
collector.detector Pillar of the Community United States 505 Posts	Posted 01/27/2016 07:05 am Thanks for the info Report this Post to the Staff
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