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Was wondering if anyone can help me identify this converted coin. I know a little about it, but would like more specifics. Has anyone seen anything like this before? Posted a couple days ago but was having trouble with picture upload. Here is a link to the pics on photobucket: http://s1118.photobucket.com/albums...dashstudios/Thanks for your help. ...Lucy |
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things I think I know are:
this is Reza Shah, the date of SH1304 (1925AD) appears on the obverse as the date of ascension. what I don't know is how you tell the various denominations apart.I'm pretty sure this a silver coin (was a silver coin, now a bowl? This could be 1000, 2000 or maybe even 5000 dinars. I suspect it is a size and weight thing and I cannot tell based on the picture how big the item you have is. But there are much smarter experts on her than I, so hopefully one of them will jump in with a better answer
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04/11/2011 1:23 pm
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So sorry. I did forget the size. The coin itself is just a bit over 1" (it is 1" measured on the inside of the edge of the coin).
I don't understand the "bowl" aspect of it. My father actually brought it back from Iran in the late 60's, early 70's ... He was a civilian contractor for a U.S. company that was doing work there.
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I don't understand the "bowl" aspect of it. It didn't come from the mint like that; it's been turned into the base of a bowl as a piece of jewellery by a local silversmith. The coin will have been damaged by the silversmith in the process. I don't recall seeing Persian coins treated like this, but I have seen Central American coins (especially Panamanian ones) before. Sometimes the jewellers use real coins, sometimes they use replica coins or simply stamp an imitation coin-like design into the silver. 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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I have actually found quite a few of these on the internet now that I know what I'm looking for. Unfortunately, I don't know how to tell the denomination. The coin itself measures approximately 1" (1" inside the rim of the coin - about 1-1/16" outside edge to outside edge). Can anyone help?
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Part of the problem here I think is that there's an error in the Krause coin catalogues (well, in my 2006 edition, anyway) that depict the sizes of these coins. They've got the 1000 and 2000 dinars both depicted the same size, about an inch across, which can't be right. I think the 2000 dinars is correct, at 1 inch across; the 1000 dinars is supposed to be much smaller than an inch. 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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that's true in teh 2009 and 2010 catalogs as well which is why I couldn't answer. The only option would be the 2000 is a lot thicker to get the extra weight but I'm not expert on these coins
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Posted 04/11/2011 3:08 pm
