Hi guys; here I want to ask about the countries of a few coins - I have to post a link to the pictures, because I cant spell it (the signs/language...) So it's about the coins in the FIRST row of the big picture only (the ones with foreign writings of course, which I can not "google") : one side: http://www.free-imagecode.com/en/galerie/1246989028_84829/2ae298b2c172e6537c81d05a69fca4e6.jpg other side: http://www.free-imagecode.com/en/galerie/1246989463_89844/188a029990b55a1b7c05cef600128d45.jpg
If it is the ones with the palm trees on then they are from Israil the one with a lion on is from Ethiopia
Hey Orc, cool - so the UCO's (UnknownCoinObjects) getting less :bow: To better read the lines of my coins, I repeat it like this (like in my auction) and write into the hints you gave me: (lion = Ethopia that's what I would have guessed :thumb: Rastanation! ) ____________________ Shortforms for better locating the coins in the pictures: gc = gold colored Coin, brass colored Coin cc = copper Coin ac = aluminium Coin _________________________ First line: 1st Coin,sc,Singapore,5 Cents,"Increase Production - More Food From The Sea",1971 2nd coin,sc,Bank Indonesia,5 Rupiah,"Keluarga Berencana - Menuju Kesejahteraan Rakyat"('family planning' - 'for the welfare of the people'),1979 3rd coin(for me) unknown Country and Text: 4-round-edged golden Coin with Dau / ancient Sailboat, "5",1971 4th coin(for me) unknown Country and Text: copper Coin, 2 Swords,1 Dagger 5th: Israel? (for me) unknown Country and Text: Aluminium Coin, Palmtree,"10" 6th: Israel? (for me) unknown Country and Text: golden Coin, Palmtree,"10" (same as left next to it, except material) 7th(for me) unknown Country and Text: golden Coin,"5", (same country as 2 coins left next to it) 8th: Ethopian? (for me) unknown Country and Text: Silver Coin, Lion one side, other side Head of a regent 9th:(for me) unknown Country and Text: golden Coin, 3 Stars-Eagle one side, other side some grains 10th: sc,Seychelles,Elizabeth II,One Cent "grow more Food",1972
And thanks to Orc I went to Mr.Wiki, who told me the currency of etiopia: "The birr (Amharic: sign?) is the unit of currency in Ethiopia. Before 1976, dollar was the official English translation of birr. Today, it is officially birr in English as well. In 1931, the Emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, formally requested that the international community use the name Ethiopia (as it had already been known internally for at least 1600 years) instead of Abyssinia, and the issuing Bank of Abyssinia also became the Bank of Ethiopia. Thus, the pre-1931 currency could be considered the Abyssinian birr and the post-1931 currency the Ethiopian birr, although it was the same country and the same currency before and after."
Coin #3 is a 5 paisa from Pakistan Coin #4 is 2 baisa from Oman dated AH 1390 (1970 AD) Coin #5 is a 10 agorot from Israel (aluminum) Coin #6 is 10 agorot from Israel (aluminum-bronze) Coin #7 is a 5 agorot from Israel Coin #8 is not from Ethiopia. It is a 1 rial from Iran, dated SH 1350 (about 1971 AD). Coin #9 is a 5 piastres from Syria, dated 1971 AD
Wow, acanthite, THANKS a LOT; it feels like a non-alphabetic sitting before those coins, now it's nice to know where they are from. And yes, a wise man asks, but there's always a wiser man, who can READ. Thanks :thumb:
Ripley and De Orc, I was a bit wondering about the coin that we thought it was Ethiopian, because the head on the back was absolutly not "Rasta-like"-looking ...on Ripleys Coin it's different, that guy look real, man.
The irony is that Heile Selassie didn't know about the Rasta movement or have a part of it in any way. He only realized its existence during a state visit to Jamaica. Here is an Ethiopian 50 cents, same year (frozen date) as what Ripley shows.
Ah, didn't know that - interesting info! And - Cool Coin: looks very aristocratic and the Lion looks very impressive!
