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<p>[QUOTE="Tomsgal, post: 1342540, member: 35462"]<b>Egyptian Token or Coin?</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Hello,</p><p>I live in Saint Louis, Missouri and I found my token/coin in 2000 while digging a flower bed in my front yard. We had just bought our home which was built in 1897. When I first found it it was covered in dirt and I tossed it aside thinking it was just a metal die cut out....but my inner instincts told me to take a second look. I have always been a hunter of arrowheads and anything that I can find. So I took it inside and to my amazement I saw the image appear. Since then I have been searching off and on looking online to see what it was. I assumed that it was a token from the <b>1904 Saint Louis Worlds Fair</b> but had yet to find a token from the fair that is a match. Then tonight I decided to look up 'Egyptian Coin' and I came across your coin. Mine of course is not in as good a condition as yours is due to it being buried for so long. But I was excited to finally find someone with the same token/coin. It would be nice to be able to place its origins and to determine whether it is a coin or a token from the fair. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p> I agree that these were hand-made. I can see differences in the facial features; the eyebrows, the eyes and ears are different. The head dress is a different shape and the design of the garment that the person is wearing...same on the other side...I see some slight differences in shape of head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tomsgal, post: 1342540, member: 35462"][b]Egyptian Token or Coin?[/b] Hello, I live in Saint Louis, Missouri and I found my token/coin in 2000 while digging a flower bed in my front yard. We had just bought our home which was built in 1897. When I first found it it was covered in dirt and I tossed it aside thinking it was just a metal die cut out....but my inner instincts told me to take a second look. I have always been a hunter of arrowheads and anything that I can find. So I took it inside and to my amazement I saw the image appear. Since then I have been searching off and on looking online to see what it was. I assumed that it was a token from the [B]1904 Saint Louis Worlds Fair[/B] but had yet to find a token from the fair that is a match. Then tonight I decided to look up 'Egyptian Coin' and I came across your coin. Mine of course is not in as good a condition as yours is due to it being buried for so long. But I was excited to finally find someone with the same token/coin. It would be nice to be able to place its origins and to determine whether it is a coin or a token from the fair. :D I agree that these were hand-made. I can see differences in the facial features; the eyebrows, the eyes and ears are different. The head dress is a different shape and the design of the garment that the person is wearing...same on the other side...I see some slight differences in shape of head.[/QUOTE]
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