Need Help With This Please (Egypt 5 Piastres)

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latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 03:10 am Can anyone tell me any thing about this coin? Thank you in advance. Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16868 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 04:30 am Egypt (United Arab Republic) 5 piastres 1967, KM# 412. The first year the 5 piastres coin was struck in cupronickel ratehr than silver. The Krause catalogue notes that there are two varieties, "narrow milling" and "gapped milling", but doesn't give any indication as to how to tell them apart if you don't have an example of each to compare it to. 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
MorganDollar New Member Germany 8 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 04:32 am Howdy, this is, what my World Coins 1901-2000, 35th Edition says: EGYPT, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC AH1378-1391 / 1958-1971AD DECIMAL COINAGE KM# 412 5 PIASTRES Copper-Nickel, 25 mm. Obv: Denomination divides dates, legend above Rev: Eagle with shield on breast Date: AH1387-1967 Mintage: 10,800,000 VF - 0.50 XF - 0.75 Unc - 1.50 — Note: Edge varieties, narrow and gapped milling, exist Report this Post to the Staff
latman100 Pillar of the Community Australia 1040 Posts	Posted 07/01/2008 06:38 am Thank you both. Sap, as always, a wealth of knowledge. And MorganDollar, welcome to the forum. Report this Post to the Staff
MorganDollar New Member Germany 8 Posts	Posted 07/08/2008 12:16 pm Howdy, thanks for the welcome! I have looked for further information about the difference of the milling. So I post a question in a german coinforum, because there are a few real experts for african coins. That tooks a few days, but now I got it. The reeding of the edge of this type wasn't made very professionel. The space between the reeds differs often from coin to coin, and there are exits so much subvarieties of this edge character, that the KM can't remarks it any further. The left one in the pic is the "gapped-variety" Image: edge.jpg 15.4 KB I hope, it helps Report this Post to the Staff
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