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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 20010, member: 57463&quot;]Tbirde nailed it.&nbsp; From the World Coins forum of CoinPeople.Com -- the site is now closed to posting -- I cut and paste this about the Pysa:</p><p><br /></p><p>Several years ago, at the Michigan State Numismatic Society Annual Convention, Clifford Mishler gave a talk at the Educational Forum on the future of collecting. He started with a bit of personal history. When he was about 12, he spent the summer with relatives who were stamp collectors. That did not interest him, but he did discover numismatics. The first coin he bought was a 1 Pysa bronze from Zanzibar 1883 AD (1299 AH) of Sultan Barghash ibn Sa&#039;id. It seemed exotic and rare. It cost one dollar. The dollar was much bigger back then, but it seemed like a good price. &quot;It is still a good price,&quot; I piped up. &quot;I just bought one. They are still a dollar.&quot; Last week, I found one in a dealer&#039;s junk box for a quarter. Now I have two. </p><p><br /></p><p>A picture of the coin is here: <a href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/19368.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ancientcoins.ca/19368.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://www.ancientcoins.ca/19368.jpg</a> </p><p>($12.50 in Extremely Fine for this coin.) </p><p><br /></p><p>A shorter history of Zanzibar is here: <a href="http://www.fact-index.com/z/za/zanzibar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fact-index.com/z/za/zanzibar.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.fact-index.com/z/za/zanzibar.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>A longer history is here: </p><p><a href="http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eastafrica/zanzibar181586.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eastafrica/zanzibar181586.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/eastafrica/zanzibar181586.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>Zanzibar is still an interesting place. &quot;Sultan Barghash was particularly extravagant, and adopted a more elaborate style of living than previous Sultans, with the construction of several new palaces. In 1883, he built Beit el-Ajaib, the House of Wonders...&quot; </p><p>(<a href="http://zanzibar.net" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://zanzibar.net" rel="nofollow">http://zanzibar.net</a>) </p><p><br /></p><p>Michael[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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