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otto Pillar of the Community United States 1326 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 09:42 am The islamic date is 1223(1809) year 10?. My best guess is 5 para, but I can't find anything that fits this design. Diameter~21mm. Weight=1.07g Report this Post to the Staff

lawest Pillar of the Community United States 1998 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 10:38 am Appears to be an 1808, 20 Para https://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/co...pl?coin=8727 Report this Post to the Staff
otto Pillar of the Community United States 1326 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 10:55 am Quote: Appears to be an 1808, 20 Para Thanks lawest. I guess mine is underweight. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16808 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 12:10 pm The date is Year 28; combined, AH1223//28 would convert to AH 1250, or AD 1834-5. 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
otto Pillar of the Community United States 1326 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 2:07 pm Quote: The date is Year 28 Right. I can see the two V shaped numerals in pic #2. I had thought the first one might part of the scroll below it. I'm not sure how I came about "year 10"!! Report this Post to the Staff
Princetane Pillar of the Community 4628 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 3:51 pm Regnal year is at the top of the second image - 28 in Arabic Numerals. This is a reform coin of Sultan Mahmoud (1808 - 1839) and everyone else is right. 20 Para was half of a Kuru (Piastre) worth around a halfpenny at the time. I have a Beslik (5 Kurus) of the same issue. This coin is 39mm and mostly coppered billion. All the Ottoman coins used AH (After Heigra, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in AD 622) and the date was the coronation of the Sultan with the Regnal year separately. As you may know, an Islamic year was 354 days and that is why they are up to AH 1223 in 1808 which is actually only 1186 years after the flight from Mecca. The other side shows the Toughra (Calligraphic Monogram/Signature) of the Sultan. The leaves are a sign of reform as Islam general bans the display of graven images of living things. Report this Post to the Staff
otto Pillar of the Community United States 1326 Posts	Posted 07/02/2022 4:13 pm Right Princetane, I had uploaded this chart some time ago: Report this Post to the Staff
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