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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 34229, member: 1824&quot;]Russell,the coin with the scales is a 1 Pysa from Zanzibar,which is now part of Tanzania.It is a very common coin.AH1299 actually converts to 1882.</p><p>The ruler who issued this coin was Sultan Barghash</p><p>bin Said (reigned 1870-88).This coin is popular with collectors of British Commonwealth coins such</p><p>as myself,as Zanzibar became a British Protectorate</p><p>in 1890 in exchange for the island of Heligoland,</p><p>which was ceded to Germany.There is a 1 Pysa dated AH1304 (1887),but this coin has always eluded me.The obverse of the Zanzibari 1 Pysa is very similar to the 1 Pice coins from Mombasa dated 1888,which also has a pair of scales.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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