I am re-posting this thread as I'm told the pic is too dark. Interested in learning origin on this. Thank you in advance for any help.
Well, you didn't really need to start a new thread. You could have just as easily added the new photos to the old one. Hopefully, someone will come along who can read the inscription. We have a number of members from Asia and the Orient. Chris
it is not a coin, a picture of Umm_Kulthum, what is written is Umm_Kulthumm, kawkab el-sharq http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Kulthum_(singer)
