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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2006366, member: 19463&quot;]I have to admit failure to develop an interest in these coins mostly due to my lack of language skills when it comes to script.&nbsp; I have learned to recognize a few characters in more obscure languages than Arabic but I have not made any progress in reading the legends around the edge of my few coins.&nbsp; Most of mine were selected because they were associated with someone famous.&nbsp; I have the translations but really can not follow to the point of knowing which part is the date and which is the mint city. </p><p>Harun al Rashid (1001 Nights fame and a contemporary/friend of Charlemagne) 801 AD Bagdad</p><p>[ATTACH=full]360401[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Kaykhusraw II 1243 AD best known for being one of few Islamic rulers to issue a pictorial type.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]360402[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The next two are associated with underlings of Timur / Tammerlane </p><p>[ATTACH=full]360403[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]360404[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Al ud din Mohamed II - 1263-1303 - just a half dollar size silver coin that sells cheaply and is available easily recently (a hoard?)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]360405[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>After all these, all I can read is &#039;There is no god but God&#039; which appears in one form or another on all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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