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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
Hi, I have been hunting actively for these coins for a couple of years now. "Civic Coppers" is the name commonly used for anonymous copper coins struck for a local market in Persia during more or less 18th and 19th century. They don't bear any rulers name but generally on one side the name on the city where it has been minted and on the other side a figurative design. Here are some of my favorites. Rabbit with fishes, minted in Rasht. Year as edge inscription:    Double headed eagle, inspired by the Russian eagle, minted in Teheran:   Another double headed eagle, minted in Mazandaran:   Sunface, minted in Herat:   Boat, minted in Bushire:   |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
7955 Posts |
 Very nice series! The rabbit & fishes I find especially attractive. |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Those are nice examples. I'll also pick these up when I can though they can be surprisingly pricey.
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Pillar of the Community
 Luxembourg
588 Posts |
Thank you for your comments so far.
I will try to add some more in the coming days.
@Bacchus
I would like to see some of yours. And yes, it is getting more and more difficult to find them at decent prices. The nicest often turn to 3 figure prices in auctions.
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New Member
United States
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Here is a very unusual Iran civic copper overstruck on a Russian 2 Kopeck, c1810. Obverse seems to be a deer. I was told this is Bandar Abbas, but any additional attribution appreciated.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2887 Posts |
Here's on from Kashan. Lion chasing Gazelle  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2887 Posts |
Another one of those sun face ones from Heart  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2887 Posts |
Not a pictorial one but overstruck civic fulus counterstamp on an Iranian Abu Shahr 1221 AH copper.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
I like that last one.
It is without countermark in Valentine labelled as "two lions facing each other"
With the ornaments looking like carrots, one could also think these are two rabbits.
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
Here is one with two fishes from Rasht, AH1267   |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
2887 Posts |
That one is excellent. I find these type of coins to be infinitely more interesting than machine stamped coins churned out by their millions.
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
Thank you very much. This one appears in KM under Iraq/Mesopotamia, in Valentine under Turkey. It has been struck under the governor Sait Pasa. On a similar coin he put his name on the obverse. Krause says that he was beheaded for this infringement of tradition.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
This one is from Afghanistan, struck at Qandahar during the British occupation. KM#94 Would also be a nice addition to a collection of Colonial coins.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
This is a presentation or prestige issue with the lion and sun on both sides. They have been meant to be mounted. It is quite large with 32 mm of diameter. The lion is of the style of the Isfahan coins.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Luxembourg
588 Posts |
A Civic copper from Afghanistan, Qandahar mint with a lion on a laminated flan, dated AH1085. These laminated flan appear in general only on coins from Afghanistan. I would be happy to see more coins from other collections.   |
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Posted 06/06/2020 11:06 am
