DaveG38 Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 Hi all,I bought a job lot of coins at a local auction recently and have managed to identify most of them. However, four of them have me stumped and I wonder if the forum members can help me out.Photos of obverse and reverses attached over two posts - my images are too large for them all to go up at once. Quote
DaveG38 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Posted April 30, 2009 Here's the second set of pictures of the other two coins. Quote
scottishmoney Posted April 30, 2009 Posted April 30, 2009 The first is a fairly common British conder, but popular because of the reference to the French revolution.The second coin is from Morocco, hejira dated 1287 - about 1880 or so.The third is a 5 reis from Portuguese Angola from 1753. Fairly scarsish colonial era coin from Africa - but my catalogue is old though.The fourth is an Ottoman Empire coin, 20 qirsh or something and I cannot read a date on it. Quote
DaveG38 Posted April 30, 2009 Author Posted April 30, 2009 The first is a fairly common British conder, but popular because of the reference to the French revolution.The second coin is from Morocco, hejira dated 1287 - about 1880 or so.The third is a 5 reis from Portuguese Angola from 1753. Fairly scarsish colonial era coin from Africa - but my catalogue is old though.The fourth is an Ottoman Empire coin, 20 qirsh or something and I cannot read a date on it.Thank you very much Scottishmoney. That's brilliant and very helpful.DaveG38 Quote
mint_mark Posted May 4, 2009 Posted May 4, 2009 The fourth is an Ottoman Empire coin, 20 qirsh or something and I cannot read a date on it.I think this one is from Turkey, 20 para, reign 1277 year 4 (=1865 I think). Catalogue number is KM701. Not scarce.The date is to the right of your picture with the writing round the edge. It looks like 1, backwards 7, V, V.You know, I think identifying coins like this is the part I enjoy the most Quote
DaveG38 Posted May 10, 2009 Author Posted May 10, 2009 Thank you very much mint_mark for this information. This has finally solved the problem for me. I would have used a copy of Krause for this myself, but the only copies in Kent of the edition that covers the 19th Century are at Canterbury library, and they have just closed this library and put most of the reference books into store for two years while they renovate the building. A great help!! Thanks again.DaveG38 Quote
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