davidrj Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 (edited) Not what I normally buy, but the design intrigued me£5 on Ebay, from a guy who normally sells Rumanian coins and stamps - he listed it as "unknown coin"45mm cast brass, 30gm. edge plainThis has been polished recently so scans poorSide 1 appears to show a 4 wheeled cannon defending a pass between two mountain ranges. Side 2 has this bizzare figure - ?a winged or cloaked ram, with a sword and an empty chair throneScript looks odd - probably gibberishAnyone got any ideas???Modern fantasy ? temple coin ? tourist piece?David Edited August 27, 2011 by davidrj Quote
Peckris Posted August 27, 2011 Posted August 27, 2011 Not what I normally buy, but the design intrigued me£5 on Ebay, from a guy who normally sells Rumanian coins and stamps - he listed it as "unknown coin"45mm cast brass, 30gm. edge plainThis has been polished recently so scans poorSide 1 appears to show a 4 wheeled cannon defending a pass between two mountain ranges. Side 2 has this bizzare figure - ?a winged or cloaked ram, with a sword and an empty chair throneScript looks odd - probably gibberishAnyone got any ideas???Modern fantasy ? temple coin ? tourist piece?DavidOh I say. It looks Arabic or failing that Urdu. Definitely not Gibberish, which is generally found between Lowestoft to the east and Lands End to the west. Quote
davidrj Posted August 28, 2011 Author Posted August 28, 2011 Oh I say. It looks Arabic or failing that Urdu. I also posted this on another forum. Apparently the script is Malay Arabic, and the coin is possibly a "magic coin" produced in the 1950'snow wading through Asian Coin Database to see if I can narrow it downDavid Quote
davidrj Posted August 28, 2011 Author Posted August 28, 2011 Asian Coin Database to see if I can narrow it downWow! Those guys are good!"Islamic-style magic coin from Malay Peninsula, probably first made in the 1950s and first reported in 1969.Front: Old man in long robe, holding walking stick (with sword-blade shape shaft), facing left, standing on ground; chair (?) behind man; Arabic inscription: Raj Kubsyugh.Back: Cannon with four wheels on ground; mountains in background and rock in foreground; Arabic inscription Raj 'Asr.Cribb, #263a:Described specimen was presented in the S.Semans collection, 47 mm in diameter."This interwebby thing is really useful at times!David Quote
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