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Egyptian Ottoman Coin Help Needed

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 Posted 02/06/2008  09:26 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add batfastad to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi everyone

I was going through some boxes of old family stuff in the loft and came upon a rather unusual coin, in amongst a box of old danish krone.
I'm not a collector and know nothing about coins/numismatics so to us it was unusual anyway!
I tried looking for the Kraus & Mischler World Standard World Coin Catalog books in our local library but couldn't find those books. Apparently they're the main reference for coins like this.

I just wanted to know a bit more about it, and whether it is of any significant value?

Here are 2 pictures. I scanned the coin which I think makes the pictures look blacker. The coin seems to be copper and is dark brown in colour.

http://www.highbeeches.plus.com/egyptcoin1.jpg
http://www.highbeeches.plus.com/egyptcoin2.jpg

I found an almost identical item for sale on ebay which gives me a great amount of detail:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Egypt-Ottoman...10_W0QQitemZ310019266669QQihZ021QQcategoryZ533QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Krause and Mischler reference is KM# 244
The item description only seems to show if you view in Internet Exploder, I was using FireFox and couldn't see the description.

The coin I have has 2 differences from the one in that ebay listing, one difference on each side.
According to a work colleage, who speaks Arabic and is extremely knowledgable in African stamps, the 2 differences are:

1) Mine is a 10 Para coin as opposed to 20 Para
2) Mine was minted on the 4th year of the Sultan's accession as opposed to the 10th year

Could anyone look this up for me and give me the Krause and Mischler reference # and an idea of any value the coin might have?

Thanks
Ben
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 Posted 02/06/2008  4:53 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add bart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Ben,

Your coin is indeed an Egyptian 10 para KM#241, issued in the name of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Aziz. It has been issued in the following years: 1277/4,5,6,7,9,10. 1277 is indeed the year of accession of Abdul Aziz, 4 is the year of reign (=1280AH or 1864AD)
Krause gives following information: bronze, 6.10-6.60 gram and catalog values for 1277/4: VG:1.00/F:2.50/VF:10.00/XF:25.00 US$

Bart
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 Posted 02/06/2008  5:35 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add batfastad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Bart
That's excellent. Thanks so much for that information - interesting stuff. I'm glad to get some info on it as it was a pretty random thing for us to find!

Thanks, Ben
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 Posted 05/05/2008  08:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 123heather321 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi there this is probably no use now but I thought i'd write anyway. I had the very same coin not long ago and sold it on ebay aswell. I can't remember exactlly how much it went for but I think it was around £2.50 (great british pounds) or $5.00
Not much more I can tell u about it though that u won't already know :)
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