Unidentified Saudi Arabia Coin

Huckleberry1985 · Apr 27, 2011

I'm a newb to this website, but here goes.......

I was looking through my mothers old coin collection that hasn't seen daylight in the last 20-30 years (Mostly foreign coins). Found alot of older coins (1905-1950's). I stumbled across this Saudi coin. I searched the website for a while, and while I found similar coins I could not find any with the symbol on this one, it looks like a "3". Also on the reverse none of them had the writing that went completely around the coin like this one does. I would guess it is atleast 50 years old. Anyone have any idea of what it is. silver content?. Value? Any help would be grately appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Huckleberry (Chris)

Mackaydon · Apr 28, 2011

The Islamic date is 1376; about the same as 1956 (Gregorian) give or take a year.
The coin is called a 'ghirsh'. The "E" design above the date is the number (denomination) '4'; like here:
http://nwcoin.com/product_info.php?...=8892&osCsid=e9a18f11be72af6393c776c5297ae1c1
Here's one that sold last month: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...si=BE5QjfvNiqiDbgVx%2FldCpaPo01c%3D&viewitem=
The composition is cupro-nickel.
Don.......

ivan salis · Apr 28, 2011

english date 1956 saudi 4 ghirsh - muslim year AH 1376

Huckleberry1985 · Apr 28, 2011

Wow that was quick. Thank you guys very much. Now that I know that it is called a ghirsh I can find tons of them online. I guess I just didnt know what to look for.

Much appreciated.

Chris