Anyone Read Arabic? | Egyptian And Iraqi Coins

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WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 12:45 am For your consideration, two coins, both about the size of a quarter or a little larger. I'll be darned if I know where they're from, but they are Arabic... This is further complicated by the fact that my scanner is down, so I have tried to draw them, using paint. I'm no great artist, but maybe there is enough here to go on. I hope so, anyway. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Edited by WpgLwr 10/18/2009 01:05 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16857 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 03:52 am I've got the book, "Arabic coins and how to read them", but it doesn't teach me everything I need to know to read or speak Arabic. Nevertheless, I can tell what your two coins are. The intricate "rug-like" pattern is very distinctive; Syria and Egypt both have coins of similar design, but the Syrian ones are typically more ornate and almost always have an eagle on the other side. In this particular case, it's an Egyptian cupronickel 10 piastres dated 1984. Here it is on WCG. The second one, with it's "wedges", is from Iraq back when it was a monarchy; the date looks like 1938. The scalloped coin is 10 fils; it comes in nickel and bronze flavours in 1938. 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
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 04:44 am Thanks for your help, Sap. On the Iraqi coin, it appears I have the nickel one. Report this Post to the Staff
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