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Any Help Will Be Appreciated (Arabic Script Based Loosely On Silver Coins Issued By Ottoman Algeria)

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A tiny (0.5 g, 15 mm diameter) coin, could you please help?

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 Posted 03/13/2023  11:04 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Spence to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@sam, sorry but that is not a coin. We usually describe them as " jewelry imitation ottoman tokens". The ones that are holed (such as yours) may have been part of a belly dancer costume at one point.
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 Posted 03/13/2023  11:20 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SamVimes to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
@Spence I see, thank you. Is it a legitimate text, or an imitation of Arabic script as well?
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It is very crudely copied Arabic script based loosely - very loosely - on the silver coins issued by Ottoman Algeria, something like this example of a 1/8 riyal from 1828.

The original coins stated the name of the Ottoman sultan, the name of the mint-city (al-Jazair, or Algiers) and the date. But these jewellery imitations don't really say anything and only somewhat resemble Arabic letters.
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Thanks!
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