Grade Help! Silver 20 Piastres 1917 Sultan Hussein Kamel

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EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 10:04 am I have added some new coins to my Egyptian collection, and this is one of my latest additions that I would like to share with you. Sultan Hussein Kamel KM#321 20 PIASTRES Composition: 28.0000 g., 0.8330 Silver .7499 oz. ASW Date: AH 1335-1917 Mintage: 840,000 Would appreciate your comments on the grade. Edited by EgCollector 03/01/2009 06:49 am Report this Post to the Staff

EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 10:05 am Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 10:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 4:18 pm Nice coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16860 Posts	Posted 02/27/2009 9:51 pm I've never been too good at grading coins like this, but I'd call it gVF, with maybe the edge knocks take it down to plain VF. I've never noticed before; the "English half" of the coin calls it "20 piastres", but the "Arabic half" calls it "20 qirsh". 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
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 5:20 pm Thanks Sap for the grading Quote: I've never noticed before; the "English half" of the coin calls it "20 piastres", but the "Arabic half" calls it "20 qirsh". We "The Egyptians" currently use the word Piastres or Piaster as a translate to Qirsh in arabic. Quote: The Egyptian pound or gineih[1] (Arabic: ÇáÌäíå ÇáãÕÑìý, el-Gineih el-Mi#7779;r#299;) (sign: £ or Ì.ã; code: EGP) is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 qirsh (ÞÑÔ) (pronounced irsh[2], piastres in English), or 1000 malleem (Arabic: ãáíãý) (milliemes). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pound Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 5:22 pm Is there anything I can use to remove this black dirt without affecting the coin value? Report this Post to the Staff
manila galleon trade Pillar of the Community Spain 1361 Posts	Posted 02/28/2009 5:23 pm very nice coin. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/01/2009 05:37 am Thanks echizento and manilagalleontrade Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/01/2009 06:15 am Any comments regarding the grade Report this Post to the Staff
QuickSilver Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1077 Posts	Posted 03/04/2009 03:02 am Nice coin Amr. I have a couple of coins in this series. Not the 20P though. As far as grade I would say VF. They are not easy to grade as the design is quite flat anyway. However the edges and leaves are showing definite wear. It looks like there are a couple of quite prominent edge dings too. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/04/2009 03:08 am Thanks Quick Silver. The coin looks better than the pic, but at least I have a base line (VF). Thanks again Report this Post to the Staff
DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 03/07/2009 9:36 pm I see the consensus is VF--I thought so too, but I know nothing about this coin series. Quote: Is there anything I can use to remove this black dirt without affecting the coin value? It looks like silver tarnish to me, which is normal. Removing that would make the coin look cleaned. Personally, I like the appearance. Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 03/08/2009 11:20 am Thank you DVCollector Report this Post to the Staff
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