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Valued Member
United States
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Hi, I'm sorting through some coins and have some that I am not having any luck identifying. Thanks in advance, Glen   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Iran 50 Rials Iran Year 1369 (1990)
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Valued Member
 United States
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Thanks, I guess that's what happens when you only see coins of certain time frames...for Iran I would expect to see a radiant lion holding a sword. lOL!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The outline map of Iran plus the date script peculiar to Iran are two other giveaways here.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A "a radiant lion holding a sword" was indicative of the Shah's regime. Now, that it is an Islamic Republic, they brandish religious (and, I guess, industrial) motifs.
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Valued Member
United States
170 Posts |
To me the coin appears to be softly struck or do all of them look the same?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks to me like a very worn press with a sloppy collar. Older issues of this denomination were Aluminum Bronze (lower strike pressure) so the switch to Copper-Nickel might have killed the old press. I would hope they would replace their press - the coin looks terrible.
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Valued Member
United States
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Year 1369 (1990) Can someone explain why Iran has a date of 1369 vs 1990? |
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Valued Member
United States
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1369 is the year on the Islamic calendar.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3098 Posts |
Not really... there's an Islamic Calendar and an Iranian Calendar. The Islamic, or AH calendar starts with the first year of Muhammed's Hijra. The Iranian Calendar was developed more like a solar calendar.
For example, 1990 in AH would be AH 1410, while the Iranian year would be 1369.
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Just to clarify what wd1040 said: both the "Hegira" and "Iranian" calendars are "Islamic", in that they both count years from the same event: the Hegira (or Hijra), Mohammed's escape from Mecca in 622 AD. The Iranian calendar counts "solar years", which are the same length as Gregorian AD years (365 days). The Hegira calendar (used my most Muslim-majority countries except Iran and Afghanistan) uses "lunar years" which are slightly shorter, only 354 days long.
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
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Valued Member
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Definitely information to put in my data bank.  Don't be surprised if I ask for assistance to figure this out in the future. Edited by Rayhaldo
06/16/2010 10:04 pm
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