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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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 Posted - 08/22/2010 : 22:37:07
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Can anyone help me id this coin? It feels and rings like a silver coin but I have no idea what it is other than it appears to be arabic. Here are pics of the obverse and reverse.
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AG
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Corsair
Penny Hoarding Member
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Posted - 08/22/2010 : 22:55:27
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| I think you have a 1 Rials from Iran. Just a quick Google search gave me that information, so it may be very wrong. |
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2010 : 00:06:53
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| Good lead Corsair. It is indeed a 10 Rials from Iran. If it's dated 1323-1326 (1944-1947) it's 600 fine silver, for an ASW of .3086 ounces. If it's dated 1333-1344 (1954-1965) it's copper-nickel. If you can't interpret the date, weigh it. The silver years weigh 16 grams. The copper nickel years weigh 12 grams then 9 grams. |
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Roadrunner
Penny Collector Member
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2010 : 08:49:17
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| Yep. My friend has one of these so I knew what it was right away. |
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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
685 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 09:14:12
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| How do you read the date on this thing? Anyone know Farsi or Persian? |
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson
"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." - Ayn Rand
________________________________________________
Lenin: Class-based International Socialism
Hitler: Race-based National Socialism
Obama: Class- and Race-based Post-National Socialism
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NiBullionCu
Penny Pincher Member
USA
168 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 11:00:42
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The date is below the ribbon.
The image is too blurry to make it out, but it looks like 1323 to me.
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fb101
Administrator
USA
2856 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 11:42:51
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| What roll did that come in? |
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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
685 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2010 : 12:24:22
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| I actually found this in a bunch of foreign coins my mother gave me a few years back. Never paid much attention to it until I picked it up the other day and felt how heavy it was. Funny cause there was a 5 Franc Aluminum coin from 1948. Man is that thing light. Just as a note, this is slightly bigger than a US half dollar. I will try to get a better pic of the date tonight. |
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson
"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." - Ayn Rand
________________________________________________
Lenin: Class-based International Socialism
Hitler: Race-based National Socialism
Obama: Class- and Race-based Post-National Socialism
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Tourney64
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2010 : 16:11:04
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| I think I have one from my visit last week. Actually haven't been to Iran, but I do believe I have one these coins. Will check my large foreign stash this week. |
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AGCoinHunter
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
685 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2010 : 22:35:27
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| Checked the date tonight. Its 1323 (1944) so its .600 silver. Yea! Thanks for the info guys. |
"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."
-Thomas Jefferson
"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the difference between murder and suicide." - Ayn Rand
________________________________________________
Lenin: Class-based International Socialism
Hitler: Race-based National Socialism
Obama: Class- and Race-based Post-National Socialism
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uthminsta
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
1872 Posts |
Posted - 08/26/2010 : 20:17:53
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| Sweet. Glad you had one of the good dates! |
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AGgressive Metal
Administrator
USA
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Posted - 08/31/2010 : 13:27:50
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| Check it for radiation :P |
And he that hath lyberte ought to kepe hit wel / For nothyng is better than lyberte / For lyberte shold not be wel sold for alle the gold and syluer of all the world.
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