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Arabic Token Or Coin?

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 Posted 02/18/2018  10:39 am Show Profile   Check Seeker55's eBay Listings Bookmark this topic Add Seeker55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
This very thin, square item weighs 1.41 g and is 21 mm across. It seems to be brass. I can make out the Arabic number 35 on it, but that's about all I can tell. Will appreciate any help with ID.





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 Posted 02/18/2018  11:19 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's an interesting piece. Almost seems like a label or tag but no hole.
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 Posted 02/18/2018  12:09 pm  Show Profile   Check Seeker55's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Seeker55 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree. It seems more to me like a claim check or meal token than a coin. For one thing, there's very little writing on it.
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Meal token is a great guess. Guess we'll wait and see.
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 Posted 02/20/2018  10:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add chafemasterj to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
May also be a tax token of some sort?
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Yes, that's certainly worth considering. A quick Google search for "Arabic tax tokens" didn't turn up anything, but that doesn't rule it out. I'm still open to suggestions.
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