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Afghani Silver Rupee of Timur Shah Durrani (minted in Kashmir in 1787):

 

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Kingdom of Denmark Gold 20 Kroner of Christian IX (minted in Copenhagen in 1873):

 

I love the reverse on these!

 

Japanese Silver 1 Yen (minted in 1903):

 

Dutch Gold Ducat (minted in Dordrecht by the Mint Master Wouter Buck in 1777)

 

Chinese Year of the Dragon Gold 150 Yuan (minted in Shenyang in 1988):

 

Japanese Bronze 10 Yen (minted in 1988):

 

A very interesting and well-struck coin!

According to Richard Plant's book Arabic Coins and How to Read Them the reverse inscription translates as:

"The revolution of the heavens brings gold and silver from the sun and the moon, in order that it may engrave on the face (of the metal) the design of the coin of Taimur Shah"

 

It's not normal for me to find stuff I collect at the local coin shop. I was surprised to come across these 2 today.

1772 Frankfort city view Thaler


1713 City of Landau siege money
Free City Siege Klippe 2 Florin 8 Kreuzer


Obverse Script: Latin
Lettering: PRO
CÆE:& IMP:
C.-A.-H.-Z.-W.
BEL:LANDAU
2 FL: 8K.
Unabridged legend: Carl Alexander Herzog zu Württemberg
Translation: For the emperor and the empire.

Reverse: uni-face

Composition: Silver
Weight: 23.5g
Dimensions: 41x50mm

 

Here's two I got recently. 1790 Austrian Netherlands 2 liards and 1841 Wurttemburg thaler.

 

Chinese Panda Gold 100 Yuan (minted in Shenyang in 1988):

 

Hamburg. Free City silver "End of Plague" Medal 1714 AU53 NGC, Gaed-1734, Brett-1379

 

Kingdom of Sicily Silver Pierreale of Federico II (minted in Messina sometime between 1296 and 1337):

 

I had that one on my watch list but ended up not bidding. Nice coin. I did purchase this one.

 

Barmakid Silver Qandhari Dirham of Musa Ibn Yahya Al-Barmaki (minted in Al-Sind sometime between 831 and 836):

 

Afsharid Silver Double Rupee of Shah Rukh (minted in Mashhad in either 1748 or 1749):

 

Kingdom of Belgium Gold 20 Francs of Leopold II (minted in Brussels in 1877):

 

Here's another one you don't see very often. 1914 Italian Somaliland 1 rupia.

 

Iraqi Republic Silver 1 Dinar (minted in 1977 to commemorate the opening of the Tharthar-Euphrates Canal):