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<p>[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2538395, member: 81887"][USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER]: Why does the elephant have a bell? So you can hear it sneaking up on you, of course.</p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]: Your coin looks like it's in the correct orientation, but my Arabic decipherment skills are pretty poor. Usually I buy my Islamic coins pre-identified (most often from Steve Album, who literally wrote the book on Islamic coinage.) A very useful book that I've mentioned before is "Arabic Coins and How to Read Them" by Richard Plant.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's my contribution to the thread:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]543576[/ATTACH] </p><p>Massachusetts, 1 cent, 1788. </p><p>Under the US Constitution in 1789, the individual states were prohibited from striking coinage (Article I, Section 10). Under the prior Articles of Confederation, however, far more power was left with the individual states, and several did issue their own coins. I like the realistic depiction of the Native American on the obverse, while that plump, short-winged eagle on the reverse just cracks me up. A very cool and historical coin, even though it is less than a quarter millennium old <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie101" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Parthicus, post: 2538395, member: 81887"][USER=74712]@FitzNigel[/USER]: Why does the elephant have a bell? So you can hear it sneaking up on you, of course. [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER]: Your coin looks like it's in the correct orientation, but my Arabic decipherment skills are pretty poor. Usually I buy my Islamic coins pre-identified (most often from Steve Album, who literally wrote the book on Islamic coinage.) A very useful book that I've mentioned before is "Arabic Coins and How to Read Them" by Richard Plant. Here's my contribution to the thread: [ATTACH=full]543576[/ATTACH] Massachusetts, 1 cent, 1788. Under the US Constitution in 1789, the individual states were prohibited from striking coinage (Article I, Section 10). Under the prior Articles of Confederation, however, far more power was left with the individual states, and several did issue their own coins. I like the realistic depiction of the Native American on the obverse, while that plump, short-winged eagle on the reverse just cracks me up. A very cool and historical coin, even though it is less than a quarter millennium old :woot:.[/QUOTE]
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