bobh Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 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?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 I wonder that it was something done privately? Obv. it is not FLDS or there would be underage teenage brides on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Perhaps an Arabic legend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corkykile Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slowly but surely Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 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 But yeah, my guess would be arabic from the image and what seems to be a legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted May 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 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 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! 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.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 I'd bet lebanese or syrian. I wish the script was cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottishmoney Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willieboyd2 Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Could be a Magician's token. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roaddevil Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 Not very many anymore, most of them immigrated after 1979, like many people did. hence the "few" in the sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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