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AJL Valued Member Israel 84 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 04:52 am I have a number of coins collected that I cannot recognize or confirm authenticity, country, date, etc... any help is appreciated. * Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 07:52 am The third coin is an imitation Ottoman. Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 07:58 am First coin, probably Ceylon. King Parakrama Bahu II 1236-1271. These are known as Octopus Man coins Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 08:03 am First one is a Ceylon (Sri Lanka, coin More info to compare can be found here: The second picture will tell you the name of the ruler : King Bhuvanaikabahu I - Sri bhu va ni ka ba hu http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievalla...nnaruva.html http://lakdiva.org/coins/medievalla...adeniya.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonnaruwa_period https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingd..._Dambadeniya (beware for tourist replica's) Second one looks to be a Nurnberg jeton http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/nuremberg-jetons.html Report this Post to the Staff
AJL Valued Member Israel 84 Posts	Posted 09/22/2017 10:02 am Thank you both. How can you tell the Ottoman is an imitation? Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 09/23/2017 11:58 am Quote: How can you tell the Ottoman is an imitation? There are a lot of different Ottoman imitation pieces, which were mostly used for jewelry purposes (for the people who could not afford real gold coins). For the piece with the star, there are just no real Ottoman coins that look like that. You can find a similar example here, although that piece actually has some legend on one side. Report this Post to the Staff
AJL Valued Member Israel 84 Posts	Posted 09/24/2017 2:38 pm Thank you Report this Post to the Staff
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