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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;acanthite, post: 2808608, member: 6647&quot;]Nice thread on Egyptian coinage, one of the areas I collect.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is correct, the coin above was struck in Istambol, not Egypt.&nbsp; Below is an example of a gold zerimabub (color a bit washed out) that was struck in Egypt (Misr) honoring the Ottoman sultan Mahmud (1730-1754 AD).&nbsp; Frozen date of 1143 AH, 2.5g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656549[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A later gold issue, this one a 100 qirsh for Sultan Abdul Aziz (1830-1876 AD).&nbsp; Dated 1277 AH, year 11 (about 1870 AD).&nbsp; 8.5g.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656555[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And a silver 20 para from 1255 AH, year 10 (about 1848 AD), honoring Sultan Abdulmecid.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]656557[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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