Showing posts with label ID-needed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ID-needed. Show all posts

Friday, April 26, 2024

Off-Topic: Can you identify this item?

I got this coin in a recent trip to Morocco:

Morocco mistery coin

I checked Numista but got crazy, too many variaties, sizes, mints... If I tell that it weights 7.48 grams and its diameter is 27 mm, which coin would you say it is?

I spent 50 dirhams (5 euros) on it. Well or bad done?
Don't be cruel ;-) At least I took a nice piece of the trip with me.

Thank you very much for taking your time to guess!

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Off-Topic: Can you identify this item?

A friend sent me this photo of a piece that needs identification. Can you help?



Information received from André Milhorat: Actually, it is an Iraqi medal struck in 1978, for 10 years of seizure of power further to a coup d'état, by Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, about the party Baas. Even if Saddam Hussein succeeded well him, this medal is previous to its diet because he took the power only in 1979. The translations are the following ones. Outside, from top to bottom: "an Arabic nation with an eternal message", "Unity, Freedom, Socialism" (converse about the party Baas). In the middle: "Republic of Iraq", "1398-IV-3 July, 1978". In the center: "Tenth birthday", "Wealth", "IV-3 July, 1968"

Monday, January 11, 2016

Off-Topic: Can you identify this item?

A friend sent me this photo of a piece that needs identification. Can you help?



Information provided by Mark Lehman: it is a 19th or 20th century "Magic Coin", a good luck token made to vaguely resemble something with cufic script, from "the Mysterous East", some of these were carried by members of a club or organization, but this one seems to have no information of that sort on it, so it's a pocket piece or possibly something sold as a prop for a stage magician.

Friday, October 16, 2015

Off-Topic: Can you give me exact info about this Indore coin?

I have this piece in my coin collection that needs identification. Can you help?

It is Indian Indore State copper 1/4 anna. Weights 6.22 grams. Diameter is 26 mm. Since there are several types (KM#32, KM#33...) I need exact identification. Thanks in advance!




Sunday, September 27, 2015

Off-Topic: Can you identify this item?

A friend of mine asked me about this piece that needs identification. Can you help?



Comments from Wolfgang Schuster's sources: it is absolutely clear that the piece was fabricated quite recently, either as a souvenir for tourists or a fake for cheating collectors. Its legends representing wildly distorted kufic style a certain 'dinar struck at Miknasah (?) in year 497 (or 499)', crudely copying the popular gold issues of Almoravid 'Ali b. Tashufin (compare with http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=927), so both the style and technique features obviously betray a modern hand, perhaps diligent and accurate but absolutely illiterate in medieval arabic writing.

Monday, September 07, 2015

Off-Topic: Can you give me info about this Iranian coin?

I have this piece in my coin collection that needs identification. Can you help?

It is Iran/Persia silver. Weights 0.75 grams. Diameter is 16 mm.



Information from Wolfgang Schuster: Iran, Nasir al-Din Shah, Shahi Sefid, KM#889 (Y#7a), no date, Tehran mint.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Off-Topic: Can you give me info about this Georgian coin?

I have these piece in my coin collection that needs identification. Can you help? I did my best with the scanner...

I was told that it is from Georgia 13th century, reigh of queen Rousudan (1222-1245):



Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Off-Topic: Can you identify these nine tokens?

I have these pieces in my coin collection that need identification. Can you help?

Token #1:



Token #2:



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Token #9: