1372 Arabic Bimetallic Coin With Flower (Lotus?)

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wheatiefan Pillar of the Community United States 511 Posts	Posted 11/11/2008 5:40 pm Hi all. I would like to know where this coin is from. To my limited Arabic reading skills, the denomination is 250, one is dated 1372, and one is 1377. This seems pretty early to be making bimetallic coins to me. I do have a catalog to look through, but I'd like to avoid going through several countries one at a time. I don't see any easy ID marks. I'm hoping one of y'all can help me. Thanks, WheatieFan Edited by Sap 11/14/2008 8:28 pm Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 11/11/2008 6:13 pm It's an Iranian 250 rial. Also, as of about last year, they changed the composition to just the yellow brass metal As for the dates, ... my 1988 50 rial has the same "date"... Edited by wd1040 11/11/2008 6:18 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16938 Posts	Posted 11/11/2008 8:07 pm Iran (and neighbouring Afghanistan) use a different calendar to the rest of the Islamic world; they use the Solar Hegira calendar, which converts to the AD calendar simply by adding 622. Thus, a coin dated SH 1377 was struck in AD 1999. 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
NumisMattyUk Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2217 Posts	Posted 11/14/2008 8:04 pm Yes Iran, I came across one in a joblot I bought about a month ago. The lotus is a generally Asian symbol/flower, though people would more commonly associate it with Japan. It is also in the centre of the flag of India. Report this Post to the Staff
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