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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2280619, member: 15445&quot;][ATTACH=full]455730[/ATTACH]</p><p>This might classify as “other” and it looks old but is not really so ancient.&nbsp; This Persian coin is called a “Larin” and it circulated in the 1600’s around the Arabian Sea.&nbsp; Seafaring merchants used these Larin.&nbsp; 5.5 of these things equaled a Spanish colonial piece of eight.&nbsp; The name Larin is derived from the Persian town of Lar Iran which may have been the first to produce the coin.&nbsp; Here is a <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/larin-international-trade-coin-of-the-arabian-seaboards-%E2%80%93-counterfeit-detection.271102/#post-2280609" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/larin-international-trade-coin-of-the-arabian-seaboards-%E2%80%93-counterfeit-detection.271102/#post-2280609">new thread</a> with many photos to introduce this newp. </p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/larin-international-trade-coin-of-the-arabian-seaboards-%E2%80%93-counterfeit-detection.271102/#post-2280609" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/larin-international-trade-coin-of-the-arabian-seaboards-%E2%80%93-counterfeit-detection.271102/#post-2280609">new thread</a> is in our ancients section even though it is not so ancient.&nbsp; I hope this is OK with you all.&nbsp; Sometimes it is easier to get forgiveness than it is to get permission.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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