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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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I need help identifying the following two coins, dates and coin values and countries: ARABIC COIN Dated (1331 or 1221?) TINY ARABIC COIN (dated 1223? I think)     |
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Cyprus
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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The second looks to be Egyptian, although I thought that the Misr was normally at the bottom of the coin.
My best guess is Mustafa IV or Mahmud II. No clue as to the denomination though.
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Valued Member
Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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First coin is 25 PUL - SH1331 (1952).
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Yes, nikola has it right - the first coin is from Afghanistan. The second, I think, is not a coin but a brass jewelry piece.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Probably right Bacchus, not only is the Misr out of place but the toughra looks a bit iffy.
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Valued Member
 United Kingdom
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Which side would the Misr be on the coin?, and would it be a word or a letter, I have cleaned the coin abit, and it shows more detail now, I will upload better pictures of the second coin.
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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There appears to be a number (i think its a 2?) at the bottom of the second picture, what is this?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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might I offer it is KM947 1/2 Afghani?
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Valued Member
United Kingdom
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Having looked up pictures of the 1/2 Afghani, I would say that it looks more like my coin than than a 25 pul. Thanks weavus135
Any more Ideas on the second coin? :)
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The second coin is, as Bacchus2 implied, a jewellery imitation of an Ottoman coin. The coin purports to have been struck in Qustantiniyah (Constantinople-Istanbul), not Misr (Egypt), so it would be a "Turkish" coin if it were real. However, the Ottomans never issued brass coins. Coins with designs similar to this were gold, and even their lowest-grade gold coins don't tarnish like that. Do a forum search for the terms "imitation ottoman" and you will find many "coins" similar to yours; here is a recent example. Here's an example of an interpretation of the reverse inscription on an Ottoman coin. Other Ottoman coins, be they Egyptian, Turkish, Algerian or elsewhere, usually have much the same formula.  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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Croatia (Locally: Hrvatska)
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What is the dimension of the Afghanistan coin.
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