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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Valentinian, post: 2828887, member: 44316&quot;]Big coins are very impressive. Here is a large diameter (47 mm!) <b>silver</b> coin.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]666267[/ATTACH] </p><p>It is Samnid, possibly of Nuh bin Nasr, struck c. 365-387 AH = 976-997 AD.</p><p>14.78 grams. 47 mm. </p><p>Stuck in the mining regions of the Hindu Kush. Broome (<i>A Handbook of Islamic Coins</i>, published in 1985) says hoards of these were found in Afghanistan. </p><p>The quality of the silver is good, but the quality of the production was poor. A large supply of silver from mines encourages the issue of large denomination coins which are effectively bullion pieces which were used to trade with far-away regions which used the silver to make their own coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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