I wouldn't buy one of those.
This might solve the mystery. Apparently there was some calendar revision in 1954 in Iran in which the "simply add 621" rule began to apply.
I was going by Yeoman, who says it's 1948 in the Iran/Persia section of Current Coins of the World. But then in his introduction, he says the AD...
Of course, today it's abbreviated as p instead of d. 50d would actually have been written as 4s2d in the old system. :)
Only the new Eisenhower dollar was officially struck in (40%) silver in 1971. Of course, there is a remote possibility that some proof '71-S...
It's a Persian 6 :)
Very nice coin, but I think it's a 1948 (1326) :)
One more side-by-side comparison:
Here's another side-by-side comparison. Pay particular attention to the breast and armpit areas.
In the meantime, you can compare these side-by-side detail pics. Pay particular attention to the date, the position of the first and second stars...
Chances are your coin may be silver plated. Weigh the coin-- a 40% silver half weighs 11.5 grams, while a cupro-nickel clad half weighs 11.34 grams.
Ironically, I bought both of my pesos in Japan. The "defender and liberator of the Philippines" had "defended and liberated" the Philippines from...
Here's another MacArthur peso. It's probably one of the weak strikes you were talking about.
Here's something that's not encountered very often-- A toned Japanese Tempo Ichibu-gin (1837- 1854)
The standard weight is 33.43 grams. At 31.3 grams, that 1900-S is way underweight and so it sounds like it's a fake. If you could post clear...
I don't have "proof", but I have anecdotal evidence-- I was teaching a bunch of Japanese workers who were going to be sent on a one-year training...
It looks like some kind of training coin for foreigners. Since the denomination is just in English (no numbers), and the coin is larger than a...
Maybe it was an unintentional mistake made by someone whose writing system differs from the Roman alphabet, or by an illiterate counterfeiter? (I...
There are ways of mixing lead with lighter metals to achieve the right density. At any rate, even if it is not made of lead, it is,...
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