Something Middle Eastern | Egypt 20 Para

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Lewin New Member United Kingdom 6 Posts	Posted 07/21/2009 11:04 am I can't read whatever this language is, I think it may be Egyptian or Tunisian. Any ideas? Identified - moved to World Coin forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 07/21/2009 11:20 am I'll take a stab at this, but someone can confirm/correct Egypt 20 para AH1277 year 10 (1870) Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 07/21/2009 2:01 pm Egypt 20 Para KM#244 AH1277/10 (1869) Bronze. Report this Post to the Staff
Lewin New Member United Kingdom 6 Posts	Posted 07/21/2009 3:54 pm Awesome, thanks :-) Report this Post to the Staff
Josef New Member Czech Republic 16 Posts	Posted 07/22/2009 4:19 pm It is good chance for me to ask some experienced members of Coin Community for more info and to learn something new. Year 1870 is stated by "chequer" and year 1869 by "echizento". Counting 1277x0.97+622 is giving 1860.7 and using 584 as difference between islamic and gregorian calender since 1261 is giving 1861. It is still much less than "chequer" and "echizeto" opinion. Could somebody tell me how to make this reading? And second question please - what year 10 means? Thank you. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16829 Posts	Posted 07/22/2009 6:27 pm Josef: working out the date of an Ottoman coin requires a bit of maths. "1277" is the accession year - the year the Sultan came to power; "Year 10" is the regnal year - this coin was struck in the 10th year of this particular Sultan's reign. So to work out the actual AH year the coin was struck in, you have to add the regnal year to the accession year, then subtract 1 (because 1277 was Year 1, not Year Zero). In this case, the actual year = 1277 + 10 - 1 = 1286. AH 1286 began on 13th April 1869 AD, and ended on the 2nd of April 1870; this coin could have been struck anywhere in this time period. 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
Josef New Member Czech Republic 16 Posts	Posted 07/23/2009 06:15 am Many thanks Sap. Report this Post to the Staff
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