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Found this interesting coin in one of my boxes today. It's non magnetic and same size as a half. Edge is reeded. Anyone know what it is, what it's made of and when it was struck? Thanks, MM2
 

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nsdq said:
sagittarius98 said:
nsdq said:
the date looks to be 1992 or 1995 need a better shot of reverse

It was not minted in 1995. The "coinedformoney" link said that this coin is either 1916 or 1917.

The date is islamic so it is probably 1395 in the way you see it.





i see 92 as the last digits on the date i can not see the first two
 
sagittarius98 said:
nsdq said:
sagittarius98 said:
nsdq said:
the date looks to be 1992 or 1995 need a better shot of reverse

It was not minted in 1995. The "coinedformoney" link said that this coin is either 1916 or 1917.

The date is islamic so it is probably 1395 in the way you see it.





i see 92 as the last digits on the date i can not see the first two



maybe i can not tell need a better pic, i can read arabic numbers , hard to see with this pic
 
Here's a larger pic, thanks for the ID everyone.
 

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MM2,

Very cool and rare find. That coin's travelled an interesting path to end up in your hand :icon_thumright:

HH,
CD
 
thanks for the bigger pic , from what i see 1337 for a year if i am looking at it right
 
nsdq said:
thanks for the bigger pic , from what i see 1337 for a year if i am looking at it right

The link I posted mentioned 1335.
 
Hey guys this is Man from CoinedForMoney.com, thanks for the visits.

The reverse was upside down, I corrected it and added the date indicator.
The image shows where I think the year is, it reads ٦ which is 6 which according to the calendar can be 1334 or 1335 depending on the month.

year6.webp

Cool forum.
 
I would place the date as 1334 according to the 4 characters directly below the temple (?) door. 1334 in Arabic computes to 1915 in the Gregorian calendar so I would say your coin is from 1915.
 
I'm always being amazed at the quality of research on this site to help each other out. Well done folks, my hats off to you all. :thumbsup:
 
Thank you all again for the accurate ID of this coin. I appreciate all the effort you put into it. MM2
 

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