This is a US coin but is anyone able to read arabic?

NiceCurrency

Zoins

Which US coin is this? Is this in the Red Book?

NiceCurrency

no this is some sort of token thing that was on pairs of shoes I guess

my understanding is this side is pseudo-arabic and doesn't actually say anything

interesting item

NiceCurrency

WillieBoyd2

Interesting token, possibly the writing is sort of a "good luck" motif.

Sapyx

Sorry, but NiceCurrency is correct; the "Arabic" on this token is actually meaningless squiggles. I have seen similar-looking pseudo-Arabic squiggles on certain American "magician coins". The design appears to be based on either the late 19th-early 20th century Hyderabad machine-struck copper coins or the mid-19th century Ottoman Turkish copper coins.

santelia

I did a little snooping for you: from another forum-

"The White Brothers token is Rulau Bos 119 Brass, 119a copper, 119b nickel/c, 26mm. The picture in Ralau(2004) shows a token with a hole, so might have all been issued holed. Dated 1890's the script on the reverse is pseudo-arabic used as ornamentation. Listed under Gay Nineties Massachusetts. "

and
"Willow calf is a leather! Generally colored(not black) with lines like willow bark, hence the name. Nothing to do with California.

The White brothers were shoemakers in Boston Massachusetts. Each type of their tokens were attached to a tag, which was then attached to a pair of their shoes. Several of the original tags survive and these identify White Brothers as specialists in colored leathers which "will not crack" and are "free from arsenic"

Miller lists it as Mass 94. "

Ebay seems to list it as anywhere from $4-$6. It appears to go in auctions for less.

NiceCurrency

thank you