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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 09-27-2008, 04:02 AM   #1 (permalink) nugget_hill Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Down under in Sydney Posts: 177 My Mood: Is it Ottoman or Arabic I've been organizing my ancient roman coins and found this ex forum coin Its .862g at 14.6mm and no history,I suspect Ottoman but I've been wrong before maybe some one may know what it is oh sorry if I have it upside down regards Harry   09-27-2008, 04:15 AM   #2 (permalink) kidromeo I'M LEGEND     Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Republic Of India Posts: 1,759 My Mood: Its 5 something on the denomination but can't read the date. Can you get a macro shot of the date Harry? __________________ Visit My Website   09-27-2008, 04:35 AM   #3 (permalink) spock1k King of Hearts   Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,562 date looks like 1876 or 1915 but thats just a guess depending on the solar or the lunar calendar __________________ There is only one king   09-27-2008, 04:47 AM   #4 (permalink) nugget_hill Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Down under in Sydney Posts: 177 My Mood: I'll post 3 photos 1 a distinctive shape on the obverse hopping I've pinned the revese and 2 of the date on the revese hopping that the last photo is the obverse and these last 2 are the reverse but as I said I've been wrong before I dont think it makes all that much difference with the date regards Harry   09-27-2008, 04:50 AM   #5 (permalink) spock1k King of Hearts   Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 11,562 the last 2 digits are still not clear __________________ There is only one king   09-27-2008, 04:58 AM   #6 (permalink) kidromeo I'M LEGEND     Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Republic Of India Posts: 1,759 My Mood: I think the date is 1256 in which case its either from 1840AH or 1878SH. I'll look up and try to pin it down from Islamic coins of that period. Right now I gotta go to my shop. __________________ Visit My Website   09-27-2008, 11:08 AM   #7 (permalink) DCH Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 142 Turkey, 5 Para 1293 yr 25(1899) KM 743   09-27-2008, 07:39 PM   #8 (permalink) nugget_hill Senior Member     Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Down under in Sydney Posts: 177 My Mood: Thank you for spending the time to pin this one down DCH and to all who helped thanks Again regards Harry   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « Oh Canada! | To Canadian collectors of ancient coins » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules Similar Threads Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post Guys help me out here! Arabic maybe? tdec1000 What's it Worth 17 02-07-2007 07:12 PM Identification of Arabic Coin SwimmingMatters World & Ancient Coins 5 10-30-2006 09:29 PM Unidentified arabic coins JonySky World & Ancient Coins 6 07-29-2005 09:06 PM Arabic coin? vanillabean30 What's it Worth 3 10-19-2004 06:35 PM 2 Arabic Coins... Tre World & Ancient Coins 3 07-19-2004 11:40 PM LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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