Help with ID

savoyspecial

ajaan

The edges remind me of a British Trade Dollar.

spoon

Pretty neat! The writing is Arabic or Farsi, but too small for me to read. I can, however, make out the right wing of the butterfly - it says Allah.

Sapyx

It's not a coin, but what is known as a "hajj medal" - a form of "temple token", and particularly common in Malaysia and Indonesia. This Zeno page shows quite a few variants on both the "old pilgrim" and the "butterfly" themes.

Aethelred

<< <i>The edges remind me of a British Trade Dollar. >>



Does look like the edges of a Trade Dollar.

lordmarcovan

Definitely mimics the edge design on a Brit trade dollar.

Kudos to Sapyx- I wouldn't have known what it was for, beyond it being a fantasy of some kind.

Aethelred

I have had a few temple tokens from India, but those were a much different animal than this.

spoon

Good catch!

Pretty interesting piece, I think. There really are a lot of neat Islamic tokens out there that don't get nearly as much attention as the Indian ones.