I ran across these two coins recently and have been unable to identify them. The first one is made of aluminum and has some type of symbols on the edge. It appears to be arabic in nature and I have been able to decypher the date and value, but can't identify the country. I believe it may be persian with a value of 5 but don't know what currency. If I'm correct, the date may be 1973-l393. The second coin has no identification markers that I could find. The eagle with snake is reminiscent of mexico, but just a guess. The coin actually has a dividing line around the edge and may actually be two coins glued together. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be greatly appreciative..Regards..Bill
The first coin is from Egypt. KM433 5 Milliemes 1973 FAO. Sorry I don't recognize the other two. Derek
The second one is a Mexican token of some kind. The third one is from our old friend, the Aladdin's Castle video game arcade.
Wow, a bunch of eagle eyes you are. There is no way I would have identified the Egyptian coin from Krause's catalog. The picture is so bad you can't really make it out....but thanks for steering me in the right direction. And the identity of a center from a Mexican bi-metallic coin is a stroke of Genius. Never would have guessed that. After searching the Mexican coins, the closest I can come is a Mexican 10 Peso coin KM# 533 or KM# 636. I suppose the groove in the center is to keep it in place in the outer ring. Anyway, this one is a great learning piece on bi-metallic coins. Thanks to rdwarrior for spotting this one. Best Regards, Bill
Funny, the same issue came up here about a week ago. http://www.cointalk.com/t198383/ I wonder if many of those "pills" can be found these days, or if that was just a coincidence. Here is, by the way, what a €1 coin looks like if you take it apart using some force. http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/4899/pict2497.jpg You can see the groove pretty well. Christian
