Coin/Token???

[doublet2a]

Need some help with this one, and I know this is the place to get it
Slightly larger than a quarter
Copper or Bronze
It appears to have the number "1321"
I can definitely make out the "#321"
The first number I can't read, but looks to be a "1" also
The third pic is a close up of the numbers
2nd pic is the back, not much there
The numbers are much largerer than you would think
Thanks again

Tim

 

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[dg39]

Reminds me of a mexican coin in its looks.
DG

 

[doublet2a]

I thought the same thing
I do find alot of Mexican coins were I live


Tim

 

[Mackaydon]

If that's a 1300s date, it predates any Mexican coin.

 

[Mackaydon]

I'm guessing Islamic with a 1300s AH date that would place it near 1900.

 

[Mackaydon]

If it is dated AH 1321 (Islamic), that equates to 1903 (Gregorian). Wild quessing.

 

[ivan salis]

arabic coins tend to have designs rather than figures -- as figures are sort of a a no no under their religion, the "offset" between arabic dates and ours is about roughly 580 years --- they use a differant start date -- we use the birth of christ as our starting point time wise (bc means before christ birth -- ad = after his birth)--- they use their fellow's date.

 

[Mackaydon]

Not quite: AD is short for 'Anno Domini': "In the year of the/our Lord", that starts with Christ's birth year. Otherwise, how would you date a coin (BC or AD) minted in (say) the 10th year of Christ's life?

Also, a quick way to convert Islamic to Gregorian dates is to take the Islamic date and multiply it by 97%; then add 622.

 

[doublet2a]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

justgeese...............

Thanks for the info and pic
Any info on date??
You guys are the best

Tim

 

[ivan salis]

good IDing --- 1321 (AH ) IN ARABIC DATING IS EQUAL TO 1901 IN "NON ARABIC" TIME .-- USE THE 580 RULE type in "arabic coin 1321" in the aol search engine --- there is a "chart" at one of the sites ---that shows what the date would looklike written in arabic script and what "english" date its equal to. --- Ivan

 

[Mackaydon]

Justgeese:
Great ID: bingo!
Don.......

 

[Mackaydon]

BTW, Justgeese's pic coin was minted in Paris, France; one of four mints for this coin; the others being, Birmingham, England; Fes, Morocco; and Berlin, Germany. I cannot discern the mintmark in the first set of pics; perhaps someone else can.
Here the reference: http://www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk/af-mor2.htm
Don........