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junger New Member United Kingdom 28 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 5:17 pm This looks like arabic writing, can someone identify the coin please Report this Post to the Staff

alganbagerap Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2490 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 5:42 pm Iraq. Dinar Standard World Coin No. KM# 149 Uncirculated $14.00 Bright Uncirculated $30.00 Report this Post to the Staff
junger New Member United Kingdom 28 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 6:40 pm Thanks for that, Can I assume that Saddam Hussein is the portrait? Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 8:53 pm From the pictures, and by suggestion of the capsule, this coin appears to be a silver proof. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 04/25/2011 10:06 pm Quote: Can I assume that Saddam Hussein is the portrait? Yep. The coin "commemorates" the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah in 636 AD, when the Arab armies defeated the Sassanians and allowed them to conquer Iraq. Though it being either the 1344th or 1385th anniversary of the event, depending on whether you use lunar or solar years, it doesn't really "commemorate" the event so much as attempt to paint Saddam as a warrior-prince in the mould of those early Arab conquerors. 1980 saw the beginning of what in the West is called the "Iran-Iraq War" (1980-1988); in Iraq the regime officially called it "Saddam's Qadisiyyat". So in effect this coin commemorates the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. 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
junger New Member United Kingdom 28 Posts	Posted 04/26/2011 03:36 am Wow, thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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