bam777
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 20:38
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 20:38
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This coin is 1.6g and 18.6 mm in diameter.
Any help on this one would be much appreciated.
ZacUK
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 22:11
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 22:11
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https://en.numista.com/forum/topic5695.html
Not a coin, but a passage token to cross a bridge.
'20 Para Galata Bridge, Istanbul - Passage-Token'
http://tokenoman.ru/content/view/656/41/lang,russian/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Bridge
Quote "It was a special coin to use for bridge money, worth 20 para. In truth, because the word 'token' had not yet entered our language, the bridgecrossing token was called 'bridge money' and had the value of 20 paras. If someone who had no money, ran across to escape the bridgemen, two or three of them would chase him clear to the other side, collar him and sometimes bring him all the way back before throwing him off the bridge."
kommodore
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 23:05
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 23:05
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It has resemblance with Mauritania coins.
bam777
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 23:13
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Posted: 4-Feb-2012, 23:13
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Thank you ZacUK...again. Too new to have read that post...but thanks. I have 5 or 6 of these; they came with the coins I bought on Friday.
Kommodore, I know what you mean about Mauritania, I looked at those too.
james wolfe
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Posted: 5-Feb-2012, 14:55
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Posted: 5-Feb-2012, 14:55
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Quote: ZacUKhttps://en.numista.com/forum/topic5695.html
Not a coin, but a passage token to cross a bridge.
'20 Para Galata Bridge, Istanbul - Passage-Token'
http://tokenoman.ru/content/view/656/41/lang,russian/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Bridge
Quote "It was a special coin to use for bridge money, worth 20 para. In truth, because the word 'token' had not yet entered our language, the bridgecrossing token was called 'bridge money' and had the value of 20 paras. If someone who had no money, ran across to escape the bridgemen, two or three of them would chase him clear to the other side, collar him and sometimes bring him all the way back before throwing him off the bridge."
Boy that is one rough place to live???
james
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Posted: 5-Feb-2012, 15:08
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Posted: 5-Feb-2012, 15:08
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That was 100 years ago...
ua0622
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 02:29
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 02:29
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Great! you know Turki language?
Lotus Pool, my paradise
james wolfe
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 19:24
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 19:24
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Quote: ua0622Great! you know Turki language?
No, I don't, and
to Numista.
james
ZacUK
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 20:49
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Posted: 9-Feb-2012, 20:49
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Quote: ua0622Great! You know Turkish language?
https://en.numista.com/forum/liste_membres.php?o=pays&s=asc&l=tous
Takes a while for the page to load, as ALL members are on there. Towards the end - the list is in country order - there are 9 members who have registered with Turkey as their country; excluding yourself I see !
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