Hejaz 20 para

[bart]

Today I received a coin from a country which wasn't in my collection yet: Hejaz. In fact, I only know these coins from photographs, I had never seen one in real.

The Hejaz was a Turkish Ottoman province which struggled itself into independence with the aid of the British. (An important role was played by Lawrence of Arabia). The sherif of Mecca made the country independent in 1916, but was usurped by Ibn Saud, king of neighbouring Nejd in 1924. Ibn Saud later united the 2 countries into the kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd, later the kingdom of saudi-Arabia. He kept the capital in Nejd: Riyad, but really needed to have the Red Sea coast of Hejaz, but, more important, its holy cities Mecca and Medina.

The counterstamp was put on the toughra to wipe out the sultan's sovereignty over the Hejaz.

Bart

[Rangnath]

The counterstamp was put on the toughra to wipe out the sultan's sovereignty over the Hejaz.

I do have a coin from Hejaz and Nejd, but not from "Hejaz" alone.  What is really special about your coin is the counterstamp. We've seen several examples of counterstamps in "The World of Coins", but I don't remember seeing one in which the purpose was  "political" as opposed to "economical" (as an indicator of silver content for example). 
richie

[Figleaf]

We've seen several examples of counterstamps in "The World of Coins", but I don't remember seeing one in which the purpose was  "political" as opposed to "economical" (as an indicator of silver content for example).

http://www.worldofcoins.eu/index.php/topic,225.0.html

Peter