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The medal seems to be dated 1910, any info on the country or event is appreciated. The coin doesn't look very old, but I still can't figure out where it's from. Thanks!     Edited by Numismat
11/26/2008 11:32 pm
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Egypt
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Hello Numismat,
these are not arabic. The medal may be turkish because of the crescent and the star, hope that another member will correct me if I am wrong.
The other pic wether a coin or medal have a writing "Mubarak Baw" which I dont know what does that mean because these are arabic letters but not words.
It may be the name of a person.
Hope I could help
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Egypt
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sorry, I forgot to say that the date on the medal is 1227 if this is AH then I think the date would be 1860 and not 1910
Regards
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The medal to me seems more Indonesia/Malaya/Pacific Asian than it does anything else. The latin is frustrating to me also. "Sovereign's mere motion King Augustus I Golden Island." That's part of the inscription on the European style coat of arms on the obverse as well.
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And on the date! Amr gives it as 1227, but the Roman numerals on the bottom give a date 99 years later; 1328. The 1227 date is part of the crest or coat of arms, but I feel the medal itself is dated at 1328. It really doesn't look 140 years old.
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One thing I noticed on the first is how the "word" on the reverse is repeated 4 times.  Now that Amr has confirmed my suspicions, It's not an alphabet I've ever seen either. I suspect it's a fantasy coin or medal, and there appears to be a spot to engrave a name. |
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Interesting stuff guys! I noticed the AH1328, thus the 1910 date. There is also a stamp on the edge that reads "Bronze" in English, so maybe the fantasy coin theory is correct.
Still looking for the other coin, can't find a thing =(
Thanks!
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And on the date! Amr gives it as 1227, but the Roman numerals on the bottom give a date 99 years later; 1328. The 1227 date is part of the crest or coat of arms, but I feel the medal itself is dated at 1328. It really doesn't look 140 years old. I agree Kitty, I didnt notice the roman numerals on the bottom  |
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Both are mysteries to me. Neither are coins.
For the first one, there are two other observations I'd make: The "Arabic" on the obverse is the same word, repeated four times. I don't know why they'd do that, unless it's a fantasy that's trying to "look foreign". And on the reverse, there's the designer's name, incuse: looks like A. PATRIARCHI or something similar.
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
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United States
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My translation: "By his own accord, King and founder of the Empire of the Golden Island". I suspect some micronation issue.
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DCH, thanks for the info... are you referring to the first or second piece?
Thanks!
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Numismat, I was refering to the first piece, just a translation I pieced together from different online sources.
A word for word translation doesn't seem to work, but translating phrases made some sense:
Augustus Primus=Founder of the Empire
Proprio Motu=by ones own accord
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Ahh, ok then. Thank you for clearing that up. It'll help in my research.
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