Can Anyone Please Identify This Coin/Token? Id: Silver Tanka From Afghanistan

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BeccyLynn New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 01/13/2019 9:22 pm Does anyone know what this coin/token is? Is it real? * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Report this Post to the Staff

Fuzzy317 Moderator United States 14463 Posts	Posted 01/13/2019 9:26 pm I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34416 Posts	Posted 01/13/2019 9:46 pm @BL, first welcome to CCF. Second, we will need pics of this object before we can help you. Here is a link to the tutorial: https://www.coincommunity.com/forum...g-images.asp "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
owatchman Pillar of the Community United States 1494 Posts	Posted 01/13/2019 10:52 pm to the forum! Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 01/14/2019 01:46 am In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
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BeccyLynn New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 01/15/2019 12:21 am Report this Post to the Staff
spru Bedrock of the Community United States 12477 Posts	Posted 01/15/2019 12:49 am Possibly an Indian Princely States coin? What is the weight/diameter? In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020 In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020 In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024 Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 01/15/2019 04:55 am Yes, it's real. Your coin is a silver tanka in the name of the Timurid sultan Shahrukh, 1405-1447, struck at Herat in Afghanistan. The date is very weak but either AH 838 (AD 1435) or 848 (AD 1444). The side in the first photo has the Sunni Muslim kalima at the center ("there is no god but Allah, Muhammad is the apostle of Allah"). The petals around contain the names of the first four "rightly guided" caliphs of Islam: Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman and 'Ali. The second image names the ruler: "the very great sultan Shahrukh Bahadur, may Allah preserve his kingdom and his sutanate". The mint name Herat is between the second and third lines. The date is at the very bottom. Edited by Kushanshah 01/15/2019 04:56 am Report this Post to the Staff
BeccyLynn New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 01/15/2019 4:24 pm Thank you so much for identifying it. I am very happy that it is a real coin (and not just a tourist token). It has been in every purse I have owned for the last 20 years. Report this Post to the Staff
BeccyLynn New Member Australia 4 Posts	Posted 01/16/2019 9:36 pm Does anyone know if it worth anything? Also, where should I go to ask? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34416 Posts	Posted 01/16/2019 9:51 pm One way to see what something is worth is to see what others are charging for nominally the same coin (a better way is to see what others are actually paying for the same coin). Here is a link to one example for comparison: https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/pa...Default.aspx "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
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 01/16/2019 10:45 pm It's a very common coin. Here is a similar piece, same ruler & mint, with actual "sold" price on ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/283018907988. Edited by Kushanshah 01/16/2019 11:03 pm Report this Post to the Staff
louisvillekyshop CCF Advertiser United States 1306 Posts	Posted 01/18/2019 3:17 pm BeccyLynn; As for what it is worth, considering it's history you really can't sell it now in my opinion. Like it or not you have created a good luck token for yourself having carried it for 20 years. You can give it away if you have a friend or family member who is in some poor situation and you can say how much this meant to you and how you think they should carry it now of course. Pretty much the best way to handle a good luck token and again just my opinion. Report this Post to the Staff
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