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Rekinek999 New Member Czech Republic 32 Posts	Posted 06/17/2016 04:40 am Hello, I've managed to identify 1000s of coins but there is this one I completely don't know where is from. It seems as it would be from an African Muslim country but I haven't had luck trying to find out exactly what that is. I would appreciate your help. Report this Post to the Staff

Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 06/17/2016 09:15 am It is an imitation arabic coin. The hole tells it was used on the costume of a bellydancer. Like this : http://www.sharifwear.com/belly-dan...bedlah-sets/ Report this Post to the Staff
Finn235 Pillar of the Community United States 6130 Posts	Posted 06/17/2016 1:10 pm Dead giveaways are: 1) Authentic gold coins of this style would rarely be so round, and would never have rims. 2) Such coins would be hammered, and usually have spots with "mushy" details where the blow was not distributed into the coin evenly by the die 3) Pretty sure that's not real Arabic 4) While most Islamic coins are holed to be sewn into clothing, this hole was drilled. Genuine coins would have had a hole punched with a nail, which would distort the metal around the hole. Edited by Finn235 06/17/2016 1:12 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Rekinek999 New Member Czech Republic 32 Posts	Posted 06/17/2016 4:40 pm Thank you so much for your time and effort. I literally sorted 14 kg of world coins and that was the only one I had a problem with. I will add it to my separate collection of tokens, medals and scrap crap Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/18/2016 07:22 am @petrus and @finn235, my initial thought was belly dancer token for some of the same reasons that you cite, but there is one aspect of this "coin" that is pushing me away from that conclusion. It seems to me that most of these tokens are really thin, so thin in fact that the same design is incuse on one side. This "coin"is substantially thicker and has separate designs on both sides. Why would you go to that trouble for a belly dancer token? Any thoughts? "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
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 06/18/2016 11:19 am If you do a forum search for "imitation ottoman algeria" you will find a couple dozen more or less identical "coins" posted on the forum before. It may not literally be a "belly dancer token", but it is a jewellery imitation of an Ottoman coin, specifically, of a silver coin from 1800s Algeria. 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
Spence Moderator United States 34397 Posts	Posted 06/18/2016 12:44 pm Ok yes thanks for the clarification. "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
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