I think the second one is an Ayyubid dirham from al-Zahir Ghazi (AH 582-613), Haleb (Aleppo) mint. I can't really make out the date, it is along...
Nice coin HAGOP. Note the A below the lion of Judah, that is the mint mark for Paris.
Will do, De Orc, thanks for the interest :)
Thanks much for the concise attribution!
Mintage is 25,000, not 2500, according to my Krause. The date is below the bust of Menelik. However, the numbering system used in Amharic is...
I don't collect these tokens but there are many interesting examples in this thread. I do have one at the moment, which is part of a large...
For those at CT who are going to the show, stop by and see my coin exhibit at Table 1248. It is on Egyptian coins of the Muhammad Ali Pasha...
The date on the coin is 1255 year 17, or 1855 AD. At 7g it would be a 100 kurush, minted in Istanbul. As with the first coin, the denomination...
Thanks for the addtional feedback. There is some loss of metal visible on the 6, which could account for the mass present in the protrusion....
As cpm9ball says above, if authentic it is certainly a 20th century restrike, with a frozen date of 1780. MT thalers circulated widely in the...
The 1953 s/s is very nice. The second one is a very close fit to #043. However, there is no picture for this one at coppercoins.com.
I'm glad to see everyone is enjoying this coin. Thanks for all your comments. I have placed below a photo of the obverse, with a red line...
Here is a photo I took years ago of the Golden Temple. I cropped it to show the portion that is depicted on the Thailand coin posted above....
It is the Muhammad Ali mosque in Cairo, commissioned by Muhammad Ali Pasha in the early 1800's. He is also the leader that brought about an...
That is a very cool feature. And a great set of Franklins physics-fan.
It is a 25 new pence from Great Britain. Copper-nickel composition. Commemorates silver jubilee of QE II.
Found this one yesterday. Not in my cherrypicker's, but looks nice anyway. 1953-S RPM #4 in Wiles, s/s north. [IMG]
I considered the variety that coop shows but there are some large differences. The S in the known variety does not extend off the tip of the...
I found this a few days ago. Most of the roughness and bumps around the 6 are explained by lamination peeling, which is apparent elsewhere on the...
The letters you refer to are mint officials' initials. Krause does list which letter is for which official.
Separate names with a comma.
