unknown egyptian coin

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  1. Alasdair Kerr

    Alasdair Kerr New Member

    Hi All

    I have this unknown Egyptian coin...can any of you coin genuises out there tell me what i've got

    cheers
     

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  3. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    Not Egypt but Turkey. Muhammad V, 1909 to 1918AD (AH1327-36). I suspect 5 Kurush but I would need dimensions to be sure as I can't make out all the details in the (poor) Krause images!
     
  4. Alasdair Kerr

    Alasdair Kerr New Member

    thanks..tell me why they are poor images for future ref.
     
  5. Alasdair Kerr

    Alasdair Kerr New Member

    hi again on the three pronged side on the lower part my coin has like a v above the line whereas the 5 kurush i have looked at has what looks like a 7 above the line
     
  6. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    Right - I think your "V" is the Arabic for the number 7, meaning year 7 of the issue, which is 1915.
    As to why the Krause pictures are not great - they use photocopies of real coins and a lot depends on the condition of the coin they have used. In my copy of Krause the pictures of the 2 Kurush for Muhammad V are particularly bad.
    By the way - Arabic coins are not my area - I just happen to have come on the Egypt/Turkey confusion many times myself when sorting through job lots of foreign coins!
     
  7. Alasdair Kerr

    Alasdair Kerr New Member

    The photos were taken by my brother a pro. Photographer
     
  8. Milesofwho

    Milesofwho Omnivorous collector

    He is referring to his reference book’s photographs, not the ones you posted. Those are really good!
     
  9. Alasdair Kerr

    Alasdair Kerr New Member

    yeah i figured that out after posting lol
     
  10. PaddyB

    PaddyB Eccentric enthusiast

    Yes - sorry I was not impugning your photos at all, they were great. It doesn't help when the reference books photos are poor though.
     
  11. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

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