Hi to all, Who know this coin in the picture

Here are the pictures:

I think , that it is Tunisia coins before 1900.


Diameter 21 mm , weigh 2.7 gram , look silver.

Thank you in advanced.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

I'd say: 8 kharub, Tunisia.

 

Thank you.

What is the year? or KM number?

Thank you in advanced.

 

XIXth century. But I can't see the date.

 

Who can know arabic , and can read what is written on this coin?
is written Sultan Abdul Mejid ???

see this coin:

http://www.coinfactswiki.com/wiki/Tunisia_AH_1256_4_kharub

Thank you.

 

it looks like mohammed .. the text is broken

 

It is not :

Tunisia pre-reform coinage
4 kharub

km 97 AH1256 year around 1840?

20 mm 2.77 g .

This is from Krause cattalog, and there is no picture.

Thank you.

 

Far from a expert on this, but don't rule out Algeria and Libya. Similar to some of the Budjus and Paras. I don't see a date on the coin. Seems very sharply struck and well centered compared to examples I tried to compare it to. Possible fake or pattern? The size and weight is about right for the 4 Kharub.

 

I found this, but no picture.

http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/WorldCoinPrices.aspx?worldcoinid=295524

Thank you.

 

it could be Mahmud, but it is unlikely that it is abdulmajeed.

 

From the cattlog:

"SULTAN ABDUL MEJID
With Muhammad Bey
AH1272-1276/1856-1859AD"

I understand that the local ruler in tunisia was Muhammad , but the SULTAN OF ALL OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS MEJID.

Thank you.

 

I saw that in the catalog but as you said it does not have a picture to compare to.

 

I understand that the problem is that there is no
picture in the catalog.

Do you think it is a fake, or very rare?

Thank you.

 

I can't decide what the inspiration was, Tunisia, Algeria or Libya, but it's not real.

 

It is Algeria coin.

The name is BUDJU.

Here is a link to coin that is similar to the my coin.

http://coins.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=3015&lotNo=26352#69366936435

I think that my coin is 1/2 budju .

Thank you.

 

now that I have a picture to compare it to, I think your coin is fake.

 

Every one of the coins in the HA auction has a readable date. Yours is missing, or unreadable. This is why I am thinking it is a copy. Just my opinion, I could be totally wrong.

 

Here is in ebay coin with no date.

2 Budju .

the link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAP...tem=&hash=item5894e7ccfb&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

Thank you.

 

Reading old Arabic text on coins is difficult, but your coin and the one on e-bay have some junk characters that are extremely unlikely that they are Arabic texts, as sonlarson said, until you can get an expert opinion you will never be sure if it is fake or real.

 

It's definitely a modern replica, silver wash over base metal. I have come across several of them in various sizes.