Attribution Request For 5 Millim Token, Possibly Egypt.

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oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5245 Posts	Posted 06/04/2018 09:24 am This weighs 3 grams and has a diameter of about 24 millimeters. I am sure that if someone could read the arabic (which I cannot), the answer would be obvious. Report this Post to the Staff

Koinz Valued Member United States 71 Posts	Posted 06/04/2018 2:10 pm It looks like 5 milliemes from Egypt, but with more symbols on the reverse and a completely different obverse. The diameter is close, but the weight is off. Also, your coin says 'millim' not 'milliemes.' It also looks kind of crudely made to me. Maybe it's just a generic token of some sort, not really meant for anything specific, but based on that coin's design? https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1273.html Edited by Koinz 06/04/2018 2:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5245 Posts	Posted 06/05/2018 4:10 pm Possibly it is generic, but I am sure that a translation of the Arabic inscription will tell the whole story. Report this Post to the Staff
january1may Pillar of the Community Russian Federation 5174 Posts	Posted 06/07/2018 08:53 am No comment on the Arabic, which I can't read, but the Latin lettering might actually say "5 millims" - I think I'm seeing traces of a S after the last M, and the spacing would also make more sense that way. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5245 Posts	Posted 06/07/2018 7:32 pm @January, you are right, there is an S after Millim. A friend who knows some arabic can read some words "kantin" and "machin", so it may have had some use in vending machine. And of course now that I think of it, it should be from one of the countries that use Millim as a denomination, like Tunisia. I was fixated on the hole, as some of the Egyptian 5 Milliemes coins have. Report this Post to the Staff
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