KevinCali25 Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Hello, I've found this forum after a quick search on the net and it looks like the type of place I was looking for. Well anyways, I've got this coin and I have NO idea where it's from or how old it is. Hopefully someone can help me out. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 And here is the other side. *edit* Well I guess I should add that the coin is VERY thin, and is just a touch smaller than a dime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Ottoman Empire, small billon coin like a qurush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Ottoman Empire, small billon coin like a qurush. Cool! Any idea on the age and/or value of it? Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 18, 2006 Report Share Posted November 18, 2006 Cool! Any idea on the age and/or value of it? Thanks again. It is dated AH 1222, the equivalent of 1807-08, it is Ottoman because of the Tuhgrah on the obverse. But it is not Turkish, but from one of their possessions, ie Tripoli, Tunis, Egypt. Unfortunately my catalog has Ottoman coins listed in their now respective nations and not under a blanket Ottoman Empire category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 It is dated AH 1222, the equivalent of 1807-08, it is Ottoman because of the Tuhgrah on the obverse. But it is not Turkish, but from one of their possessions, ie Tripoli, Tunis, Egypt. Unfortunately my catalog has Ottoman coins listed in their now respective nations and not under a blanket Ottoman Empire category. Wow...awesome information! How did you narrow it down to 1807-1808? Is the date on the coin in arabic? If you could give me any more info on it I appreciate it very much. I'm having a hard time finding anything on the net... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 AH 1222 corresponds to 1807-1808 in the Gregorian ~ western calendar. The date is on the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 i am a muslim i know the hijra years its 1822 AD good find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 i am a muslim i know the hijra years its 1822 AD good find. Thank you. Any idea of a value? I'm thinking of putting it on eBay. But of course I need to know more about the coin first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 i will try findin u more details i will post it on ur new thread.(my 9th ottoman coin that i saw thats not in the museum .) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted November 19, 2006 Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Because your example has a hole, the value does drop significantly unfortunately. I have seen examples of such going for 20 dollars or such, but with a hole, it will be less although I'm not too sure if it's the same year. Welcome to coinpeople by the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2006 Thank you very much for the information and the welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 <<But it is not Turkish, but from one of their possessions, ie Tripoli, Tunis, Egypt.>> Are you sure about that? It says on it that it was struck in Constantinople. Did the Ottoman possesions say that? I know the Egyptian ones don't. They say that they were struck in Misr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted November 21, 2006 Report Share Posted November 21, 2006 <<But it is not Turkish, but from one of their possessions, ie Tripoli, Tunis, Egypt.>> Are you sure about that? It says on it that it was struck in Constantinople. Did the Ottoman possesions say that? I know the Egyptian ones don't. They say that they were struck in Misr. I am going on an old catalog, I cannot read arabic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted November 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2006 <<But it is not Turkish, but from one of their possessions, ie Tripoli, Tunis, Egypt.>> Are you sure about that? It says on it that it was struck in Constantinople. Did the Ottoman possesions say that? I know the Egyptian ones don't. They say that they were struck in Misr. Ooh...could you please elaborate on this or anything else you see on the coin? What information is on the coin? Many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conder101 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Ooh...could you please elaborate on this or anything else you see on the coin? What information is on the coin? Many thanks. I will try, using parts of the reverse image you posted. Here is the image you posted. This part of the coin shows the date that the ruler came to power. The dates are in arabic script and it reads 1222. This next picture shows the arabic words that translate as "Was struck in". The very top two characters (within that curved) are not part of that phrase. They are actually the regal year, or the number of years since the ruler came to power. Once agian it is in arabic script. It isn't clear in the picture, but the first character is definitely a 2. I think the second character is a 5 (can't see it clearly). So this would be a year 25 coin. That would make the actual date of the coins 1222 + 25 = 1247 AH And 1247AH = about 1833 AD. So now we know the date is 1247AH (1833 AD) and we have seen the part that says "Was struck in", so now we just need to know where it was struck. Below that horizontal line in the last picture we will find the mint location. This is the arabic script for Constantinople. It reads right to left. This word is usually very easy to spot. Those two characters that look like B's in the word make it easy to recognize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinCali25 Posted December 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 Conder101, thanks so much for taking the time to provide this information. I couldn't ask for more really! Oh, ok, one question... , one person said that this is maybe worth $20...Do you have any idea on the value? Thanks again for your time. Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted December 4, 2006 Report Share Posted December 4, 2006 The only Turkish issues I could find in SCWC 22ed. under Turkey that resemble this piece are the 10th series pieces of Mahmud II, which are of larger denominations, in addition to being a different reignal year (AH1223) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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