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<p>[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1659846, member: 28550"]I'm not sure about these. They all have the same basic layout, and I suspect that they're from the Ottoman empire and just predate the books I have at hand. I tentatively labeled them as 5 Kurush until I noticed that they have a wreath border and the 5 Kurush have interlocking crescents instead:</p><p><a href="http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=10336" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=10336" rel="nofollow">http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=10336</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The 1st coin is slightly larger than the others (23mm vs 21mm):</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150176" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150176" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150176</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543149708" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543149708" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543149708</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]244254.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]244255.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here are closeups of the Toughra, which is apparently handy for identifying these. Arabic coins aren't my specialty, but I'm trying to learn as I go:</p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150532/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150532/" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150532/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8542051519/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8542051519/" rel="nofollow">www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8542051519/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GeorgeM, post: 1659846, member: 28550"]I'm not sure about these. They all have the same basic layout, and I suspect that they're from the Ottoman empire and just predate the books I have at hand. I tentatively labeled them as 5 Kurush until I noticed that they have a wreath border and the 5 Kurush have interlocking crescents instead: [url]http://coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coins?main_coin=10336[/url] The 1st coin is slightly larger than the others (23mm vs 21mm): [url]www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150176[/url] [url]www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543149708[/url] [ATTACH]244254.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]244255.vB[/ATTACH] Here are closeups of the Toughra, which is apparently handy for identifying these. Arabic coins aren't my specialty, but I'm trying to learn as I go: [url]www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8543150532/[/url] [url]www.flickr.com/photos/georgemo/8542051519/[/url][/QUOTE]
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