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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2807723, member: 10461&quot;]Coins from Egypt?&nbsp; No, not anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I sent some coins <i>to</i> Egypt a little while ago.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=88312]@pragmatic[/USER] - anything in your mailbox yet? </p><p><br /></p><p>I finally found a picture of the Ottoman Zeri mahbub I used to have on my <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-holey-coin-vest-and-holey-gold-hat.286762/">Holey Gold Hat</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I think it&#039;s technically <i>Turkish</i>, not Egyptian?</p><p><br /></p><p>AH 1203, regnal year 4 ... AH 1203 is about 1788 AD on the Gregorian calendar, yes?&nbsp; And Year 4 of the reign of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_III" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selim_III" rel="nofollow">Selim III</a> would be what... about 1792-93 AD?&nbsp; Those are interesting years in US coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I digress, since this is apparently Turkish and not Egyptian, but hey, they were both part of the Ottoman empire at the time, right?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/OttomanGold.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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