Gaming Chip With Arabic Script | Imitation Ottoman Gold Coin

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alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 09/16/2010 12:55 pm I've just won this, which despite the arabesque script may be a C1900s gaming chip. Dia 19mm, possibly 2 gram. Have you seen anything like this at all? Identified - moved to Exonumia forum - Sap Report this Post to the Staff

Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 09/16/2010 1:39 pm Try Turkey KM 645 Report this Post to the Staff
alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 09/16/2010 1:48 pm Very good spot, Conder. Mine is unfortunately gilded base metal, but all the design elements are there. I can find no references to this as a gaming counter, but this is what the vendor believed. Report this Post to the Staff
coinsnpaper Valued Member Canada 480 Posts	Posted 09/17/2010 06:02 am possibly a bangle- used for jewelry or on clothing- think belly-dancer's costume Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16836 Posts	Posted 09/17/2010 10:39 am Yep. Ladies decorating themselves up with coins on festive occasions (weddings, parties etc) is traditional in many middle-eastern cultures. Girls that can't afford genuine gold coins buy cheap imitation ones like these. They usually came pre-holed for ready attachment to garments. We've seen plenty of "coins" like this on the forum, just run a forum search for "imitation Ottoman". This thread has one with the same fictitious date (Year 1223/78). I haven't heard of them being made and used as gaming chips, like the card counters in Britain of the mid-1800s, but I don't suppose it's impossible. The folks that made these imitation coins wouldn't really have cared what purpose you used them for, so long as you came back and bought some more. 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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