zjemller Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I've had these coins for a long time and I don't know anything about them! I will apriciate if anyone could help me identify them and their value. THANKS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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satootoko Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 No. 3 is Ottoman Empire, most likely Turkey or Egypt. The date is hard to read, especially the next to last character, but I think it's 1300AH (11/12/1882-11/2/1883). If you would post the size and probable metallic content it would be much easier to look up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acanthite Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 No. 3 is Ottoman Empire, most likely Turkey or Egypt. The date is hard to read, especially the next to last character, but I think it's 1300AH (11/12/1882-11/2/1883). No. 3 is Turkish (Ottoman empire), and the date is AH 1255, year 2, so AH 1256 (about 1840 AD). I can't tell if it is billion or silver, looks too thin to be copper, so I couldn't say about the denomination as I don't have references with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 Amazing what a difference one letter makes. "Billion" with two "i"s - One thousand million in the US, one million million in the UK. "Billon" with one "i" - An alloy containing less than 50% precious metal - usually silver. (Certainly a Guinness book record holder, or at least contender, for "Most commonly misspelled word.") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acanthite Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I knew that, lol! I know it may not make much sense, but I was a better speller in English before I began to think in Spanish phonetics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 I know it may not make much sense, but I was a better speller in English before I began to think in Spanish phonetics.Actually it makes a lot of sense. You have become accustomed to a spelling regime within which "to, too and two" would all be spelled "tu", and "ghoti phloigh" could not be pronounced "fish fry". ("rough" "women" "nation", "telephone" "colonel" "high".) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 #1 is a trojak (3 grossus) city of Riga #2 is a 6 kreuzer Breslau (Schlesien) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banivechi Posted March 26, 2008 Report Share Posted March 26, 2008 #6 (?) kreuzer Hungary (HUngariae Bohemiae Rex) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zjemller Posted March 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 . I think the Ottoman coin is made of cooper. It is darker than the picture showes it to be. It is about the size of a nickel but, very very thin. # 4 and 5 are very interesting to me because I think they are from Louis the 15th of France. The problem is that they don't have dates. # 4 has a picture of a guy that looks a lot like him. On the reverse it has a sun shyining over a tree. On the obv it sais:VD.X#.DG FR.ET.H.REX on thereverse it sais:## FRVG IVSD HX ER P# T.H# The realy corodet #5 sais the preatty much the same thing. Under bright light you could see the outlines of what used to be a ship on the reverse. Any T houghts Thanks a lot guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satootoko Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 The date pins #3 down as what Krause calls "Pre-Reform Coinage" of Abdul Mejid. (After a closer look I completely agree with acanthite on that score.) Size and general appearance-wise, the only match in the 2001 3rd Ed. 19th Century volume is KM#659, 1.58-1.60g of gold (fineness unspecified), with a Qustantiniyah (Constantinople) mint mark. The denomination is given as "Memduhiye Altin", with a nominal value of 20 piastres and an actual value that varied with the price of gold. All dates from 1255-1259 are valued in that edition at $45 VG, $55 F, $75 VF and $150 XF. No mintage figures are given. The obverse of the copper 5 Para is very similar, but the reverse is quite ornate and totally different. In addition that coin's first year of mintage was Regnal Year 7 (AH1261). Even though the picture does not look like gold, it would be interesting to know the weight. After all, no one has ever accused Krause of infallibility in it's listings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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