Lucra
Joined: 23 Sep 2014
Posts: 4
Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 22:36
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Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 22:36
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auscoin
Joined: 17 Nov 2016
Posts: 462
Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 00:10
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Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 00:10
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The sun with a face was used on some early Iranian coins
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces48533.html
Arusak
Joined: 18 Mar 2017
Posts: 672
Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 01:59
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Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 01:59
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https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces36673.html
Your date is 194x (can't make out the last digit).
Lucra
Joined: 23 Sep 2014
Posts: 4
Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 03:08
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Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 03:08
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thank you arusak, you have definitely put me on the right track. I believe my coin may be a bit older, but not by much. What a surprise to find the coin only dates to the late 1800s. I would have bet my left one that the coin was at least 1000 years old.
Arusak
Joined: 18 Mar 2017
Posts: 672
Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 04:30
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Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 04:30
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Quote: "Lucra"thank you arusak, you have definitely put me on the right track. I believe my coin may be a bit older, but not by much. What a surprise to find the coin only dates to the late 1800s. I would have bet my left one that the coin was at least 1000 years old.
Many older Indian coins were still struck this way even into the 20th century sometimes, the coin making is much more primitive than that of Europe at the time.
PetrusAscanus
Joined: 22 Nov 2014
Posts: 6304
Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 15:09
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Posted: 27 Oct 2017, 15:09
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Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
Rijkdom bestaat niet uit het hebben van veel bezittingen, maar in het hebben van weinig behoeften
