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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 142685, member: 1824&quot;]Kc700,the date AH1299 is actually 1882 AD.This Zanzibari Pysa always turns up,as we are always buying at least 1 of them in an old collection that is offloaded.The Zanzibari coins are of interest to British Commonwealth collectors such as myself.The AH1304 (1887) Pysa is far harder to find than what the mintage figures indicate.I finally picked one up a few months ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>Did you know that this coin was used as a source for the design of the AH1306 (1888) Mombasa Pice? Well,</p><p>the obverse of that coin also has a pair of scales as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Islamic calendar system is a lunar calendar.The reason why a discrepancy occurs in converting the date,is because the Islamic year is 11 days shorter than the Christian year,which is why you have to take off 3% before adding the 621,because AH1 is 621 AD. </p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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