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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;hontonai, post: 1556313, member: 4703&quot;]The first half-coin picture shows the date &quot;Year 2&quot;.&nbsp; Although most of the regime portion of the date is missing I think lonegunlawyer is correct in attributing the coin to the Chinese Republic, of which Year 2 is 1913.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the small item is a token/charm, not a coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Arabic coin is dated AH1293, and has a 2 under the toughra, so I&#039;m guessing that it was issued in 1877, the second year of someone&#039;s reign.&nbsp; The design hints at Turkey, or possibly Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it is about 19mm and 2.8g, it might be an Egyptian 2 qirsh (KM#293) for which there is a very low quality picture in my decade-old 19th Century Krause.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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