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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;The Eidolon, post: 3592485, member: 102103&quot;]Picked up this coin from a junk bin recently.&nbsp; It&#039;s all Arabic, but I&#039;ve been trying to improve my identification skills.&nbsp; My best guess is it&#039;s an Egyptian bronze 1/20th Qirsh.&nbsp; The reverse I believe has 1293, which I assume the starting year of the era, which I think is about 1876.&nbsp; The front has 12, so I guess it&#039;s the 12th year of the Reign of Abdul Hamid II.&nbsp; How do the dates work?&nbsp; Do they count up from year 1, so the date would be 1876 + 12 - 1 = 1887?&nbsp; I think Egypt fell out of Ottoman control into British occupation in 1882, so if that is so, I guess they kept issuing coins in the name of the Sultan even after Egypt left the Ottoman control.&nbsp; Any insights would be most welcome![ATTACH=full]960085[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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