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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rexesq, post: 1140201, member: 5739&quot;]This is not a new coin for me by any means, I have had it years, and it was given to me by a man named Dr. Morris Martin, he was born in 1910, and traveled extensively.... he likely got this silver 1932 Faisal I - One Riyal (200 fils) coin not long after it was struck and while it was still in circulation in Iraq. His parents were British, and had been missionaries in China. When he was older he was a professor of the classics at Princeton in New Jersey, and graduated from Oxford in England, where he was originally born. Now.....I was told this, by one of his closest confidants.... but cannot verify it, I was told that he actually met Adolf Hitler during the 1930&#039;s, before the war. Well I like to think of him as having been a good friend and a great man, he is greatly missed, but seems to have lived quite the full life..... </p><p><br /></p><p>So this is a coin given to me by him that I much like.&nbsp; I know it has some wear....</p><p>1932 Iraq, King Faisal I - silver One Riyal</p><p>The edge lettering repeats the Arabic numerals &#039;200&#039; for 200 fils, the denomination, seperated by a design.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just thought I&#039;d share and see if anyone has any similar coins to share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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