Any idea on this coin?

[bclark]

I have bought this coin and have been soaking it in distilled water to try to identify it and after looking at ebay and other sites I have not been able to identify it. I bought it off ebay and paid 1 dollar for it and was told it is an ancient roman coin. I figured a dollar was not a bad buy. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[civil war hunter]

what year is it?

 

[bclark]

I have not found a date on it at this time. The opposite side of the coin has some hard clay on it but there is not date that I can visibly see at this time.

 

[PBK]

It is evidently a coin from one of the Islamic nations (Egypt, Turkey, etc.) and bears a Hejira date of 1277— ١٢٧٧— which equates to our year 1860.



The details appear to resemble those of a Turkish 20 para, a copper coin about the size of a half dollar.

 

[civil war hunter]

1399 thats what i could read on one side.

 

[Mackaydon]

I started with the same 1277 and ended up with 1861 (maybe my rounding error).
Similar coin is for sale on eBay for $7.85
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=SIC&its=I%2BC&itu=IA%2BUCI%2BUA&otn=19&ps=50

 

[PBK]

I started with the same 1277 and ended up with 1861 (maybe my rounding error).

Actually, it's both— July 20, 1860 - July 8, 1861.

 

[Mackaydon]

PBK, thanks for the clarity.

The coin's obverse (left pic of PBK's first post) features the 'toughra' of Sultan Abd al-Aziz (b1830-d1876), the Ottoman Turkish ruler (32nd sultan) from 1861 to 1876.

 

[bclark]

Thanks for the ID everyone I was running out of resources.