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New zincoln included for size comparison. Thanks for any help... I'm looking through my Krause catalog while I wait... who will attribute first?
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Egyptand turkey

I haven't even found my book yet! Do you think all 3 of them are Egyptian? I kinda thought the last one was...

Top right is turkey bottom is egypt not sure about top right

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I looked through the full listings for Egypt and Turkey. Looks like:
top left: Egypt 10 qirsh, 1901-1907, KM295, 833 fine.
top right: Egypt 5 piastres, 1916-1917, KM318.1, 833fine.
bottom right: Egypt 5 piastres, 1929, KM349, 833 fine.
So their worn weight is 26.4g, and at 833 fine that is .7 tOZ of fine silver...
Thanks for the help, Eric! ... and Joe...

I thought the top left was Ottoman from the symbol on it.

AGgressive Metal wrote:I thought the top left was Ottoman from the symbol on it.

I agree. The top left is a Turkish coin

AGgressive Metal wrote:I thought the top left was Ottoman from the symbol on it.

Thogey wrote:I agree. The top left is a Turkish coin

I see the similarities too. And you guys got me digging again. Here's my thought process after more research (looking through the 19th and 20th century Krause books and some Google searches): Egyptian coins showed that they were part of the Ottoman Empire from 1876-1909, coinciding with the rule of Abdul Hamid II. The second symbol in the field to the top right of the main symbol (which I just found out is the honorific title on Turkish coins, while the main symbol is called a toughra) is consistent with the listings in the Egypt section (like a flower), not Turkey (lettering).

Also, the reverse is nearly smooth, but you can see 2 important things:
1) there are three stars at the top. All the Turkish examples have 1 star, all the Egyptian examples have 3. And all the Turkish coins that look similar in size and design... are gold.
2) the date is (AH)1293. That's the date used for all the Egypt KM295 coins from 1884-1907.