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jirka12hj New Member Czech Republic 3 Posts	Posted 08/03/2011 3:04 pm Hello! My father in law found this coin and we donÂ´t know what it is. One man translated me the text of the coin: Sultan of countries and captain of two seas, son of Sultan Overleaf: Mustafa Sultan bin Muhammad bin Baza. Long live the kingdom in Adrina. How old is this coin? What could be fair price? Thank you very much! Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 08/03/2011 9:33 pm The coin is dated, at the bottom of the top pic, to the year 1106 Islamic calendar - that would be 1695 AD, the year in which Ottoman sultan Mustafa II came to power. The name of the city your friend has translated "Adrina" is in modern Turkish known as Edirne, near the Greek and Bulgarian borders; it was a prominent mint-city of the ottoman Empire during this period. The coin's denomination will depend on the size; I'm sorry but I don't know how large your hands are, so I can't tell from the pics. I can give some examples dfrom zeno.ru to compare with yours: Here is a zolota, or 30 para; there are translation notes in the comments there. Here is a kurush (40 para), and Here is a half-kurush. 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
jirka12hj New Member Czech Republic 3 Posts	Posted 08/04/2011 1:51 pm Hello Sap! Thank You for Your answer! The coin has a diameter of 40 mm +/-. Is this a zolota (30para)? Is this coin rare or common? Father in-law found this coin with metal detector in the Sudetenland in the Czech Republic - my country. Report this Post to the Staff
jirka12hj New Member Czech Republic 3 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 08:13 am Hi! no more informations? Thank You Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16873 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 09:25 am Hello again. Sorry for the delay - the start of the month is always a busy time for me, and I'm easily distracted. Looking it up in the Krause world coin catalogue, the best fit is the kurush (40 para). The catalogue reference number for an Edirne mint kurush is KM# 121.1. There are four mints this coin was struck from; Edirne is the second-most-common. My catalogue is old, so the best I can do about the price is a guess: about $50 in this condition. 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
nuggethill Pillar of the Community Australia 1015 Posts	Posted 08/07/2011 4:33 pm Nice detector find Jirka,you should post more of your uncle's finds on here. Edited by nuggethill 08/07/2011 4:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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