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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12209333, member: 5833&quot;]There appears to be a date on the large coin, which would be in the Islamic calendar.&nbsp; This will help you work out the numbers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]552695[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Year is 1255 (?) &amp; value is 40 of whatever the denomination is.&nbsp; AI says 1255 would be 1839-1840.&nbsp; 1355 would be 1936 - 37.&nbsp; Looks like the use of eastern Arabic numerals would indicate the earlier date, if the coin is Turkish:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Turkey" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Turkey" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Turkey</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Turkish appears to be correct:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1427047442/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/1427047442/" rel="nofollow">https://www.etsy.com/listing/1427047442/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.etsystatic.com/11236996/r/il/f41c48/4782381351/il_794xN.4782381351_bi32.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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