Indeed, my opening comments concerning the coin were `did you get the dates right?' :) I'm glad that it has turned out to be a lifetime issue...
It is indeed the hejira date we are talking about. That is, 1299AH = 1881AD. As I recall (probably badly) the first european coin to bear a date...
Hi Fred, If your source said that it was definitely a `lifetime' issue, then I think that they might have got it wrong on this occasion. There...
Did you get the dates right here? If so, then I hate to put a damper on the party but how can you tell for sure that this is actually a `lifetime'...
Aidan, you really need to persuade that boss of yours to get hold of the Krause Catalogues. It's like wallowing around in the dark (as far as...
A polished /cleaned silver coin that has had a few seconds exposure to an ammonium sulphide solution will look just like that coin. Any toning...
Nice one!....erm, make that `two'. :) At one stage I saw the 1860's + rupee as being the poor man's Gothic florin, but they really have a...
:smile That `medal' is a strange one. It is a replica of the `Kirkcaldy Penny', a privately struck token made during the currency shortages in...
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Right enough, I would imagine that it's a tad more difficult to find in New Zealand than it is here in Britland. ;) It is low mintage in relation...
I never did find many of the 2002 Commonwealth games £2 coins in circulation. No probs with other £2 commems though. As for the 50p's, they do...
I must confess that i'm surprised at myself for buying anything like that. Way off my normal buying habits. I think the discounted price I was...
The commemorative coins in the 2006 series are as follows: 2 x £2 coins commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom...
Here's a scan (not brilliant I know!) of the reverses for the BU set. http://www.imb4u2.myby.co.uk/stuff/2.jpg Here's scans of the £2 coins...
My (current) favourite foreign coin is the US `Oregon Trail' half dollar, issued for years 1926,28,33,34,36,39 and 1939. Here's a couple of...
*Either* the original poster has read the date wrong *or* he/she has got something entirely different. As i've already mentioned, there is no...
It sounds more like an arabic coin than anything else. The arabic date 1299 translates to 1881 AD. At first I thought your coin might be Moroccan...
:) Well, i'll have to be brutally honest here and say that I can't think what `ceremony' would involve putting the wrong monarchs on coins dated...
Here's one Of my Indore rupees. Minted at Malharnagar in 1809. [IMG]
Hi Mali, First thing you should do is get hold of accurate scales and weight these coins. My reason for saying this is that most Italian large...
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