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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2867514, member: 10461&quot;]I bought one of these AH 1233 Persian tomans sight-unseen in a mail-bid auction from Jim&#039;s Coin Service around 1997 or so.&nbsp; It was nice - not perfectly round - and much like the first coin above.&nbsp; Only cost me $150 back then.&nbsp; I had it mounted in a special display holder with a brass tag explaining that it was from the birthyear of <a href="https://bicentenary.bahai.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgb3OBRDNARIsAOyZbxB8c65SMsNzXYIuTExT9R5onHy53GKNiLBKz6WqRyNSkdwTNoIEVtsaAqQiEALw_wcB" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://bicentenary.bahai.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwgb3OBRDNARIsAOyZbxB8c65SMsNzXYIuTExT9R5onHy53GKNiLBKz6WqRyNSkdwTNoIEVtsaAqQiEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow">Bahá’u’lláh</a>, and gave it to my mother, who is an avid member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27%C3%AD_Faith" rel="nofollow">Bahá&#039;í Faith</a>, in which my sisters and I were raised.&nbsp; It has had pride of place in her living room ever since.</p><p><br /></p><p>But now, since I&#039;ve gone &quot;Eclectic&quot; in my coin collecting and can actually include <i>another</i> one of these in my <i>own</i> collection, and time the purchase to the bicentennial event celebrated all over the world by Bahá&#039;ís in the coming months, so much the better.&nbsp; I can add a nice coin to my collection and honor my family&#039;s religious traditions at the same time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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