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Message:: [QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7431434, member: 102103"]Trying to ID some of my more recalcitrant world coins.Here is the offending box:[ATTACH=full]1289930[/ATTACH] First one I tried is this:  Copper, ~5.4 g, 25 mm.  Appears to say 25 in Arabic[ATTACH=full]1289932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1289933[/ATTACH] Tried a <a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=25&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=3&f=&t=24-25&w=5-6&u=&g=&se=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=25&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=3&f=&t=24-25&w=5-6&u=&g=&se=" rel="nofollow">Numista search</a> with paramaters for copper, 24-25 mm, 5-6 g, "25", and by dumb luck, the very first coin on the list (of 7 pages) was it!  Afghanistan, 25 pul, AH 1348 or 1349 (2 year series).  The date is almost unreadable, but I think I can make out a "9" ad the end, so AH 1349 = 1930.  Not bad for a junk bin find.[/QUOTE]