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Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 02:57 am This Coin is smaller than a U.S. Dime...can someone identify it? Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 03:24 am G'day, I can't read Arabic, but I recognize four numerals - possibly a date - in the third line of text in the top pic. Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
Mr Finger Valued Member United States 405 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 03:33 am According to my world coin catalog,it is the islamic date of 1223,which really doesn't mean anything to me,cause I dont know how to convert it to our calender year.... Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 03:38 am I think it's 1808 Report this Post to the Staff
gxseries Pillar of the Community Australia 3841 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 03:48 am Probably Turkish. My partial coin collection http://www.omnicoin.com/collection/gxseries My numismatics articles and collection: http://www.gxseries.com/numis/numis_index.htm Regularly updated at least once a month. Report this Post to the Staff
GO Moderator United States 6563 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 03:58 am Looks extremely close to: Turkey - Cedid Mahmudiye KM#645 Gold - 1.58-1.60 grams Page 1099 5th Ed Krause The only thing that doesn't match is the size This coin is almost exactly the same as a dime Very possible it could be a 1/2 Cedid Mahmudiye but the design doesn't look right Report this Post to the Staff
Bacchus2 Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2932 Posts	Posted 03/20/2009 05:33 am It's a jewelry piece -- that is, just a made up coin designed for traditional costumes - likely made of brass. It won't correspond to any actual coin -- that'd be forgery 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 Edited by Bacchus2 03/20/2009 05:34 am Report this Post to the Staff
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