Can anyone recognize this coin?

Hello Everyone,

My uncle gave me this coin but I can't tell where it's from or even what the writing on it is. Looks like it may be Arabic or Persian, but I'm not sure. He claims it's pretty old but I really can't tell.

Anyone have any ideas??!?!

Thanks!

 

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Anyone got any Idea guy's? all I can say is I like the look of it LOL

 

it looks like a container to me thats shaped like a coin definitely middle eastern

 

This isn't an arabic coin, it's persian.
And there's not any date to define the time of it

 

so no good ideas eh? what do you guys think my next move should be?

 

I don't think that this is a coin, but try searching this
Oriental Coins Database
http://www.zeno.ru/search.php?searchid=83194

 

yeah I'm gonna agree that I don't think its a coin but purhaps a token of some kind? other then that no idea

 

That is not a coin-but it might be a coin weight.

 

hi

hi,
this looks like a token or container to keep some sniffing stuff/perfume like material?.

 

I went to the site - couldn't find anything matching and I couldn't register for a new account to post anything...

Don't know what to do...

 

It's solid metal and heavy, it doesn't open up like a container would.

 

What's a coin weight??

 

Coin weights are peices of brass, copper or lead which were used to weigh gold coins before the existance of milled coinage to check that the coin was not underweight, clipped or counterfeit. They were made both by the state, and by private individual. They were made across Europe from the 13th to 18th centuries, but became redundant once milled coinage was widespread. They tend to be, like your peice, very thick. What does it weigh ?

 

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