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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;satootoko, post: 17491, member: 669&quot;]Welcome to the forum Lightning.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a matter of fact it <i>is</i> dated, just not in the so-called Arabic numbers you are accustomed to, but in <i>real</i> Arabic. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>It is double dated, with 1972, the western year, at the lower left of your first picture, and 1392, the equivalent Hejira date (based on the date of Mohammed&#039;s flight from Mecca to Medina, a key event in Muslim history) is at the lower right.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a 5 Piastres copper-nickle coin of the Arab Republic of Egypt, KM#A428.&nbsp; The large irregular &quot;zero&quot; is an Arabic &quot;5&quot;.&nbsp; Krause does not give the mintage, but it was probably substantial, as it is valued at only 50¢ VF, 75¢ EF, and $2 Unc.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s very hard to grade from a photo, especially such a small, dark one, but yours is probably VF or better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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