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bobh
Looks like some kind of token commemorating a wedding. Was it ever popular to have one's own wedding coinage struck? I just wonder what this actually is; there is apparently no legend of any kind. If I were to have a coin or token struck, I would probably want to have the date and the names of the bride and bridegroom engraved somewhere:
Wedding token??
Scottishmoney
I wonder that it was something done privately? Obv. it is not FLDS or there would be underage teenage brides on it. sorry.gif
bill
Perhaps an Arabic legend?
corkykile
QUOTE(bobh @ May 1 2008, 09:38 AM) *
Looks like some kind of token commemorating a wedding. Was it ever popular to have one's own wedding coinage struck? I just wonder what this actually is; there is apparently no legend of any kind. If I were to have a coin or token struck, I would probably want to have the date and the names of the bride and bridegroom engraved somewhere:
Wedding token??



When in high school I knew a family with the last name of Mormon. I wonder if it is a Germanic surname?
Just a thought.

corky
slowly but surely
Common guys, just a little online research is all you need. I ran the listing's title through an online translator and... problem solved:

Unknown coin Mormonen the USA allsehendes eye rarely bthumbsup.gif

But yeah, my guess would be arabic from the image and what seems to be a legend.
bobh
QUOTE(slowly but surely @ May 3 2008, 05:45 PM) *
Common guys, just a little online research is all you need. I ran the listing's title through an online translator and... problem solved:

Unknown coin Mormonen the USA allsehendes eye rarely bthumbsup.gif

But yeah, my guess would be arabic from the image and what seems to be a legend.

Well, I am fluent in German, having lived in the German-speaking part of Switzerland for 27 years and four years before that in Hamburg. So I certainly don't need the help of any online translation! hysterical.gif

And although I don't read or speak Arabic, I can recognize enough of the characters that I assure you it isn't Arabic. Besides, the Christian cross on the reverse wouldn't necessarily jive with a Muslimic origin (although there are many Christian Arabs living in Lebanon, Palestina, Iraq, etc.).
thedeadpoint
I'd bet lebanese or syrian. I wish the script was cleaner.
roaddevil
has the same structure as arabic letters but lacks the dots very unclear so cant make out whats written.

possibly iranian..there are a few jews and christians in iran so might explain the cross
Scottishmoney
QUOTE(roaddevil @ May 3 2008, 05:49 PM) *
possibly iranian..there are a few jews and christians in iran so might explain the cross



Not very many anymore, most of them immigrated after 1979, like many people did.
willieboyd2
Could be a Magician's token.
roaddevil
QUOTE(Scottishmoney @ May 4 2008, 01:18 AM) *
Not very many anymore, most of them immigrated after 1979, like many people did.


hence the "few" in the sentence tongue.gif
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