Help IDing coin, possible indian or arabic.

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Sirreckless619

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Figured out its afghan. I Don't know how to tell the date
 

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Congrats! I always enjoyed foreign coins... they are an opportunity to learn about something different.
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The Islamic date (found between and under the flags) appears (to these eyes) to be 1423. If so, the conversion to Gregorian is about 2002. (I used Islamic date X .97 then added 622 for a rough estimate.)
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Sirreckless619

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Thanks, appreciate all the help. Ill post a picture of the "necklace" , it appear it was converted to a neckalce that broke but it was an afghan coin alpaca .
 

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Pictures of coin necklace
 

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Hey everyone!

Thank you for using my date converter.

As far as the coin is concerned, its attribution is as follows:

Afghanistan,
Year 1316 of solar hejira, that brings us to the year 1937 of the gregorian calendar.
Denomination: 25 pul.
Ruler: Muhammed Zahir Shah
KM# 940 (Krause)
Weight: 2.9000 g.
Metal: Copper-Nickel (not silver!)
Diameter: 20 mm.

Hope this helps :)
 

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Sirreckless619

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Hey everyone!

Thank you for using my date converter.

As far as the coin is concerned, its attribution is as follows:

Afghanistan,
Year 1316 of solar hejira, that brings us to the year 1937 of the gregorian calendar.
Denomination: 25 pul.
Ruler: Muhammed Zahir Shah
KM# 940 (Krause)
Weight: 2.9000 g.
Metal: Copper-Nickel (not silver!)
Diameter: 20 mm.

Hope this helps :)

Oh Awesome, thanks!
 

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