"Ancient" coin identification

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"Ancient" coin identification

Postby NHsorter » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:32 pm

Dug out a few old coins to try to see what they are. Anyone familiar with any of these. Realize that stuff like this is often fake, but thought I would post up pics to see what you guys think. Any input (or offers :D ) appreciated!

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this one is not exactly ancient, but I though it was cool so I am throwing it in.

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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby Verbane » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:29 pm

I don't know much about the ancients, but I can help with the modern stuff

sedro woolley lumber 10 cent token: Rarity rating of R-5, I'd value this at $1-2.00 due to the corrosion


The coin with the Beads is AH1321PA (~1903 AD) Morocco. (Need a diameter on this coin) This is a:
1/4 Rial (25mm Diameter) Silver .835 fine, .1678 ASW before the holes were drilled
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1/2 Rial (32mm Diameter) Silver .835 fine, .3356 ASW before the holes were drilled.
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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby NHsorter » Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:48 pm

Thanks for the info!

And if it helps anyone with the others, top one seems like silver to me, and the 2nd one looks like copper.
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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby Kurr » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:15 pm

The one with the beads looks to have farsi writing 1321 is around 1903 wiki says from the islamic calender to the julian. didnt see one like it in pictures of iranian coins with the search terms i used though.

EDIT: Where's the facepalm emoticon?!? Morroco Rial, if its real, its a silver coin! All aboutt em with pics here: http://www.coinquest.com/cgi-bin/cq/coi ... n_ct_id=36
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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby Kurr » Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:40 pm

First is a :
Lorenzo Tiepolo Doge Venice 1268AD , my personel favorite of the group!
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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby NHsorter » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:36 pm

Thanks Kurr! That first one is cool. I have spent at least an hour trying to look these up and I thank you and verbane for the help. Now I need to do my research to see if that first one is authentic or not because if it is, it looks like it could be worth at least 100-200 bucks. Wow.
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Re: "Ancient" coin identification

Postby Kurr » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:21 pm

I don't really know squat about em, just got lucky with search terms and pictures!
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