Coin?

[Christian A]

I need help identifying this coin location and year.

Thanks,

Christian

 

[BigWaveDave]

WOW!!! I have never seen anything like that, an Egyptian token, or some sort of middle eastern piece. If I had to guess, I would say its not a coin.

 

[Mackaydon]

The bottom coin depicts the stylized calligraphic seal used by the Ottoman Sultans; like this:

Don....
PS: The design is called a 'tughra'

 

[Christian A]

This is a coin then. Did they have holes in them like this one, and what year is it from?
I don't know what to think It came from my god mother. A family member about 150 years ago. he was a sailor.
Is it rare, and would it be worth anything?

 

[Mackaydon]

Not necessarily; the mark could be put on anything--including souvenirs, tokens, fakes, etc.
Many sultans had their own individualized tughra; research might determine which sultan had this mark; but still not proving it's a coin.
What appears as a "Y" then an inverted "V" (at the 7 o'clock position on the coin on the left) is Arabic for 67, but I've never seen a two digit coin of this general style; only four digit dates.
I'll give you 100% speculation: the '67 is short for 1267 (Arabic) which would be the same as about (our) 1890; placed on a souvenir token as you see it. I suggest 1267 only because you mentioned having it come from an ancestor 150 years ago;otherwise, I would have guessed 1367 (1990).
Welcome to Treasure Net !!
Don.....

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Unknown Egyptian 1800's Coin | jewelry-imitation Ottoman - Coin Community Forum


Here's a real one. (the edge is reeded)

½ cedad mahm - 1223 Yr 28

The obverse features the toughra of Sultan Mahmud II (b1789-d1839), the Ottoman Turkish ruler from 1808 to 1839. The reverse has the regnal year 28 in Arabic , the Arabic legend QUSTANTINIYAH (the Turkish name for Constantinople) and the accession year of 1223.

Worldwide Numismatics - Turkey Page 1

 

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