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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2312501, member: 19463&quot;]I&#039;m not a collector of Islamic coins but still have a few.&nbsp; That happens when you collect for a long time and don&#039;t throw out things you don&#039;t develop as a continuing interest as so many people do.&nbsp; No one pays much for the grade coins I buy so there is no pressure to cash in the chips. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t recall anyone posting things like these.&nbsp; Maybe no one cares. First I have as AR Miri (1.4g) of Timur with Suyurghatmish, 1383 AD (AH 785).&nbsp; Timur is known in English literature as Tammerlane. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]466255[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>CNG once posted a lot of them with the comment, &quot;The result is a mass of confusing coinage which still awaits a comprehensive study.&quot;&nbsp; I&#039;m solid with that theory. </p><p><br /></p><p>The second is even more confusing since it is countermarked.&nbsp; I have it as AR Tanga (4.7g) of Timur with c/m of Abu Sa&#039;id 1451-1469.&nbsp; The coin was dated by the seller as AH 852 (1448 AD) which is after the death of Timur so I assume this is the countermark???&nbsp;&nbsp; This date would be in his early period while fighting for power but I am way short of understanding this coin either.&nbsp; I bought it because I considered it attractive and something I did not have but later decided that I was not going to learn Arabic to the point that I would be able to collect these.&nbsp; If any of you can read these and would be willing to walk me through what you see here, I would be quite happy. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]466256[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>How did I get interested enough to buy these?&nbsp; Tammerlane was subject of an early poem by Edgar Allen Poe.&nbsp; Timur was considerably more interesting in real life being credited with killing 5% of the world population at the time.&nbsp; I know I could be a great deal more interested in these coins if I learned to read the language.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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