Chrissybe Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hi All, another two coins I need help with, I don't think they are very old, any help would be appriciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Hi All, another two coins I need help with, I don't think they are very old, any help would be appriciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted February 3, 2010 Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Years 1387 and 1378 from what i see. In the Islamic Calendar, they are appx. 1960 and 1980 give or take a few years sinc etheir calendar doesnt completely mesh with ours: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar I've never been able to read Arabic caligraphy, so I'm not going to even attempt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted February 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2010 Years 1387 and 1378 from what i see. In the Islamic Calendar, they are appx. 1960 and 1980 give or take a few years sinc etheir calendar doesnt completely mesh with ours: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_calendar I've never been able to read Arabic caligraphy, so I'm not going to even attempt! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Paul Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The first coin is a 1/2 dhofari rial 1367 (about 1948). In Krause this coin is listed as KM#29. KM says it is struck for the dhofar region. It should weigh 14.0300 gram and contains 0.5000 silver 0.2256 oz ASW. Ruler Sa'id bin Taimur. There were 200,000 coins minted, prices F: 12,00, VF 14,00, XF 18,00 and UNC 28,00 The second coin is a Saidi Rial 1378 (about (1958/59). There are two varieties of this coin KM#31 28.0700 gr, .8330 silver .7518 oz ASW. Ruler Sa'id bin Taimur. Mintage: 1,000,000. in VF 12,50, XF 16,00 and in UNC 20,00 and KM#31a 28.0700 gr, .5000 silver .4512 oz ASW. mintage: 400,000 VF: 10,00 XF: 12,50 UNC: 15,00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissybe Posted February 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 The first coin is a 1/2 dhofari rial 1367 (about 1948). In Krause this coin is listed as KM#29. KM says it is struck for the dhofar region. It should weigh 14.0300 gram and contains 0.5000 silver 0.2256 oz ASW. Ruler Sa'id bin Taimur. There were 200,000 coins minted, prices F: 12,00, VF 14,00, XF 18,00 and UNC 28,00The second coin is a Saidi Rial 1378 (about (1958/59). There are two varieties of this coin KM#31 28.0700 gr, .8330 silver .7518 oz ASW. Ruler Sa'id bin Taimur. Mintage: 1,000,000. in VF 12,50, XF 16,00 and in UNC 20,00 and KM#31a 28.0700 gr, .5000 silver .4512 oz ASW. mintage: 400,000 VF: 10,00 XF: 12,50 UNC: 15,00 Cheers the 1st 1/2 dhofari rail is 2164.4 grains = 14g the 2nd Saidi rail is 435.4 grains = 28.2 g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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