African coins

Discussion in 'World Coins' started by Nick1986, Sep 30, 2012.

  1. Nick1986

    Nick1986 New Member

    Apologies for the poor quality image. My camera's not very good for taking close-up photos
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    Left to right:
    10 shillings (Ghana)
    Turkish (?) coin
    The others come from Tunisia and one bears the Muslim year "1289"
    The two small coins at the bottom are very worn and almost impossible to read. I think the date on one of them might be "1271." As the Islamic calendar's about 600 years behind our own, these coins must have been minted in the 18th or 19th century
     
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  3. DCH

    DCH Member

    Unfortunately the Ghana 10 Shillings appears to be a fake. These were only issued as Silver Proofs, but there have been many base metal copies coming out of China.

    The center coin is a common jewelry replica of an arabic coin, these were used for belly dancer costumes.

    Top right is a 10 Mazunas from Morocco and should be dated AH1330(1911) or AH1340(1921).

    The other 3 are also from Morocco, 1289 is 4 Falus from the Fez Mint. The other 2 are probably one Falus coins, the pictures are clear enough to read mints.

    AH1271=1854, AH1289=1872
     
  4. Nick1986

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  5. jlblonde

    jlblonde Señor Member

    Try scanning them.
     
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