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shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭
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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    Another coin I got from my father. Idk the age or anything about it. Maybe arabic???

  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    I apologize, I meant to post this on the coin forum.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,428 ✭✭✭✭✭

    try the world coin forum. best wishes :)

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Yep...Arabic...no idea after that point... The world coin forum may help you... Cheers, RickO

  • TomaToma Posts: 58 ✭✭✭
    edited July 8, 2018 11:14AM

    Seems like a pre-Islamic Iranian coin. The language doesn't look Arabic to me it looks Farsi (Persian), but I don't know much about Farsi. From the symbols on the bottom I'm guessing it is POSSIBLY minted in 1348. My advice is take it to someone who knows Persian. Arabic speaking people may help too since they share parts of their alphabet.

    I'm going to guess I'm right and say it is this coin.
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3763.html

    Edit: I've just realized the date 1348 is probably in the Persian calendar, not the AD/CE calendar we use.

  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @Toma said:
    Seems like a pre-Islamic Iranian coin. The language doesn't look Arabic to me it looks Farsi (Persian), but I don't know much about Farsi. From the symbols on the bottom I'm guessing it is POSSIBLY minted in 1348. My advice is take it to someone who knows Persian. Arabic speaking people may help too since they share parts of their alphabet.

    I'm going to guess I'm right and say it is this coin.
    https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces3763.html

    Edit: I've just realized the date 1348 is probably in the Persian calendar, not the AD/CE calendar we use.

    Yes, it's the coin in the link you provided. I would like to know more. But it's hard for me to see it being that old...maybe a later production? 1960's or so....but who knows. I will bring it to my local lcs and see what they say. Thank you very much for the info

  • TomaToma Posts: 58 ✭✭✭

    1348 in the Persian calendar is right around 1960's our calendar.

  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @Toma said:
    1348 in the Persian calendar is right around 1960's our calendar.

    Thank you, makes way more sense to me now...lol

  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting... Good research guys...Cheers, RickO

  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,124 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 9, 2018 12:13PM

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have one with that Heart shape too. I will check later

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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @ricko said:
    Interesting... Good research guys...Cheers, RickO

    Idk what I would've done without these guys. They certainly have helped me out a great deal.

  • metalmeistermetalmeister Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks Persian

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