ID Requested On (Possibly) Arabic Countermarks

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jeffbuckes Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 02/14/2023 9:37 pm Hi all - I have 3 coins with various countermarks. Anybody recognize the countermarks here? Is there a website that catalogs these? Thanks for any info. Report this Post to the Staff

DrPeper23 Valued Member United States 63 Posts	Posted 02/15/2023 10:52 am was talking to some friends, it doesn't appear to be Arabic (at least they couldnt read it), they did suggest it might be a older form of Arabic but probably unlikely. I also checked with someone who spoke Urdu, since that also uses the same script, and it wasnt that either. There are a bunch of scripts on the Indian Subcontinent and nearby that use the arabic script. I will see if I can find anyone who speaks some other languages to help out. Report this Post to the Staff
jeffbuckes Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 02/15/2023 11:56 am Thanks for trying. Numista shows some similar countermark coins, but nothing loks exactly right. The search continues... https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces123084.html Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1314 Posts	Posted 02/17/2023 3:49 pm These are of a very recent fabrication.... This seller on ebay UK has shifted quite a quantity over the last few years. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_...ali26qureshi He has been known to get them wrong, and stamp the stamps in the wrong order (ie the "older" stamp ends up on top of a new one) Edited by andyg 02/17/2023 3:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jeffbuckes Pillar of the Community United States 834 Posts	Posted 02/17/2023 8:30 pm Thanks @andyg! I think you're right ,,, and I asked a collector friend to post pics on other forums and he got similar answers over there. Report this Post to the Staff
andyg Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1314 Posts	Posted 02/18/2023 11:49 am This stamp; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354591165414 Was applied to coins in Costa Rica in 1848.... Except that George V reigned 1911-1936 Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2871 Posts	Posted 02/20/2023 10:52 am I started keeping a record of all these fakes that were put on the EIC and later rupees but gave up as there were so many. My Papal States coin collection: https://diadumenian.com/Papal%20Sta...0States.html Medieval coins collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Europe.html Indian Rupee Collection: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...0Rupees.html Minor world Silver: https://diadumenian.com/Congressofp...20coins.html Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 03/03/2023 05:21 am The first in Arabic reads "partnership Germany year 1207". The second coin has the letter "s" twice in each countermark. In each countermark on the third coin are the letters "s" and "t" which (if joined), would spell sitt ("six"). Edited by Kushanshah 03/03/2023 05:26 am Report this Post to the Staff
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