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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 2768097, member: 15445&quot;]Simple coin designs are the easiest to counterfeit.&nbsp; That is probably why simple designs are few &amp; far between.&nbsp; Here is the most simple design in my collection:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]637781[/ATTACH] </p><p>This Persian coin is called a “Larin”. It circulated around the Arabian Sea from the 16th to 18th Century. It was used extensively as standard international currency for trade throughout the old ports.The trade coins were both minted and used by merchants along the seaboards, somewhat regardless of national boundaries.</p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/arabian_sea_map-png.455713/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>The name Larin is derived from the Persian town of Lar Iran which may have been the first to produce the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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