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Japan. 1 Bu-Jin (c. 1859-1868).
When I was researching about this coin (while doing inventory of all my hand-me-down coins), I learned that one of the sakura flowers (they look like asterisks around the border) is always upside-down. And its position is some sort of year indicator or mint mark. If you know the significance, please share. I'd like to know for certain. Thank you!

Here, the one that's upside down is on the top row, second from left.

 

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Same here. Not in a million years. *Hats off to Numista*

 

If anyone would know, it would be @Stork

 

China

 

From China I will take us to Nepal.

This is just some sort of intermission while we await further information on JeffC's coin. Sorry, but I'm like obsessed now (due to un-diagnosed OCD). Someone find Stork or some other knowledgeable person, quick!!

A 1977 50-paisa (KM 821).

 

Northern India. Shunga Dynasty. Dates to somewhere around 187 to 78 BCE, the era of scrawny elephants.

 

You are right about looking for the inverted sakura. There is a chart that goes through by position on the front and back to show which era the coin comes from.

Yours has an inverted on both sides, so is 'Bb' positions which places this one as part of the Ansei Era. There are other variants based on calligraphy and this is one section of my JNDA I have not had translated, nor have I gone much deeper into looking at these.

I only have a couple more as a type thing as pre-Meiji is hard for this non-Japanese reading foreigner to wrap her head around.

I'm in a hurry, I suspect this is a repeat from me. But Somalia it is! Love the long dogs.

 

Yemen 1/4 Riyal, 1954

 

100 Francs Afars & Issas - present-day Djibouti

 

Ethiopia 50 cents, 1944

 

You had me laughing out loud, Muzyck. Spoken with a Victorian English accent . . . "Yes, now we will consider the era of scrawny elephants. It was a difficult era. Everyone was concerned about the length of their noses. Furthermore, . . . ."

 

I was thinking more of a "Monty Pythonish" narration by Eric idle.

 

Sudan 20 Qirsh, 1898

 

On to Egypt; I hope we went via the Nile . .

Actually, this 1967 coin hails from the United Arab Republic, a political union of Egypt and Syria. Syria bailed in about 1975, I think.

 

1949 Israel 1 pruta

 

Syria

 

1938 Iraq 1 fil

 

Saudi Arabia (Hejaz, Nejd and dependencies) 1 Qirsh, AH1346 1928