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Can anyone identify this gold piece?

Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    [Stab in the dark] Turkish (or Ottoman Empire)?
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  • cdmeadcdmead Posts: 121
    Hard to tell from scans, but I'd guess Turkish.

    Date looks like AH 1223 (1905 CE).

    What's the weight and diameter of the piece?

    BTW - the first picture is 180 degrees upside down.

    Charlie
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  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Yes it's turkish. The first picture lists the mint as Constantinople. The date looks to me like 1222 with a regal year of 78 and I get 1883 CE from that.
  • tbirde56tbirde56 Posts: 2,161
    That looks like a common fantasy piece resembling Turkish gold pieces, very thin, and often used as a bangle or jewelry. I've got one myself.
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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have one on the Holey Gold Hat. Probably a fantasy, but I don't care. It looks nice there.

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