Silvery Middle Eastern Coin | Morocco Dirham 1898?

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iamchrisd Valued Member United Kingdom 61 Posts	Posted 01/07/2010 10:23 pm Need help identifying the following coin. Any information could be useful namely the country, date and metal. Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 1:24 pm The star was the clue to look up Morocco, and there it was. AH 1316 (another clue, as Moroccan coins often have Western numerals), i.e. AD 1898 dirham. It's .835 silver with .0782 ASW. Report this Post to the Staff
iamchrisd Valued Member United Kingdom 61 Posts	Posted 01/08/2010 2:50 pm Many thanks for your help :) Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16810 Posts	Posted 01/09/2010 05:53 am I have to say, this one looks suspicious to me; I couldn't find it in the catalogues at first, because I was looking in the "hammered" sections. These coins were made by Paris mint, not cast or struck locally; this piece looks very rough and cast-like to me, and the discolouration doesn't look like .835 fine silver. I suspect it's an imitation, perhaps intended for jewellery purposes. 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
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