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New Member
United States
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Approximately 34 mm (not perfectly round), and somewhat off-center. Thanks.   Identified - moved to World Coins forum - Sap |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
645 Posts |
Not much to work with, but I'm guessing Sudan 20 Piastres. Omdurman mint, 1890s.
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New Member
 United States
44 Posts |
Thanks for your input. Your guess is better than anything else we've found on-line.
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Valued Member
India
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the coin has patina on it and is worn out. Post the image on any coin collectors website, where people could identify the coin.
warm wishes.
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Rest in Peace
United States
1729 Posts |
The toughra looks too crude to convince me that this is other than an imitation of a Turkish coin design from around WW I. Check out the images in Krause and see if you agree. Can you get better photos of the reverse? I can't see any kind of a date - DCH, where do you see a date on the coin?
I'm no expert and I'm not trying to "call anyone out" here, but that toughra just doesn't look right.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1952 Posts |
well with the green patina you can be sure it is copper. it is a nice looking coin too I am looking forward to finding out what it is and where it's from. nice find. I check all my world coins for the correct numbers on this site. good luck
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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you know DCH is right here is the photos just in case some of you cant open it   after looking I am not sure because this coin looks silver where yours is definatly copper . Edited by garylcsr
10/22/2010 11:26 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not only metal composition, there're a couple of stars by the toughra on Turk's coin. So far I cannot find a direct match in the Krause.
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Pillar of the Community
Turkey
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Remember silver earlier Ottoman and provicnes' coins have copper counterfeits made for circulation back in their dates.. Can be one, since that coin has several circulation marks.
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New Member
United States
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Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this investigation. Really appreciate all your insights!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Post the image on any coin collectors website, where people could identify the coin. I think he's at the right place--he got a lot of helpful advice here.  |
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