Anyone Familiar With Islamic Coins?

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hanna1988 New Member Lebanon 11 Posts	Posted 01/16/2017 04:30 am Found this (probably) silver islamic coin while metal detecting, but I cannot find it online, is anyone familiar with it? Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 01/16/2017 9:54 pm @hanna1988, what an interesting find! It looks Mamluk Dynasty (13th Century AD) to me. Here is a similar coin for reference. It may not be an exact match, but it should get you pretty close. https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/ca...Default.aspx Also, you should treat this coin gently as the flan already has multiple cracks in it. Thanks for sharing! "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
hanna1988 New Member Lebanon 11 Posts	Posted 01/17/2017 02:42 am @spence thank you sir that helped a lot. regarding the condition of the coin, do you have a way on how to remove this black residue from it? I don't really believe in the "do not clean" policy of coin collectors since I will probably never sell it but I would prefer that it doesn't look like I picked it up from the garbage the black residue makes all details hard to read ... thank you ! Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34430 Posts	Posted 01/17/2017 9:22 pm Quote: how to remove this black residue from it? Three are lots of good prior threads on this very topic. Here are a couple: http://goccf.com/t/85783&whichpage=1 http://goccf.com/t/126489 I would start slowly with the least aggressive solvent and then ramp up as slowly as you can. Better to leave a little residue than harshly clean (some here argue against cleaning altogether). Remember this guy was been hanging around for 700 years--be gentle with him! "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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