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Unidentified Coin Found In A Storage Auction (Hindu Or Jewish) (Id: 1 Falus Morocco 1857)

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 Posted 01/11/2021  5:10 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Micchan89 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Hi All,
New here :)
I was wondering if you could please help me out? I have found this coin at a storage auction and I have no idea what it is. It looks either Hindu or Jewish.
Thanks in advance for your help.

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 Posted 01/11/2021  6:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sap to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Islamic, actually - the six-pointed star with dot in the middle is the "Seal of Solomon", a lucky charm in some Islamic regions. Specifically, this coin is from Morocco; most Moroccan cast bronze coins have the Seal on them.

The date on these coins is written using "Western" numerals. I believe it is "1274" in the Islamic calendar, which would convert to AD 1857.
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Yes good work @sap. @micc, I think your Falus is similar to this one listed on numista, but maybe not exactly:

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces26545.html
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