Xinjiang AR 5 fen, Aqsu mint

Started by capnbirdseye, October 31, 2012, 05:20:05 PM

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capnbirdseye

I'm posting four small silver coins I've had since around 1961, reasonably sure they are from Iran but KM don't show photo's of the smaller coins so difficult to identify without visible dates on the coins, I'm guessing Rasht mint ?

weight 1.75g  AR15
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saro

Sinkiang / Kashgar 1/2 miscal, I think
on right scan we can read good parts of "bish fung" :5 fen = 1/2 miscal, and over what you read as "resht" could be the beginning of "Rashid ghazi khan" ? (+/- 1280 AH) but that need confirmation;
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capnbirdseye

That's interesting if your attribution is correct saro,   8)

I mentioned on one of my very first posts on WoC that I got interested in Indian coins upon being shown a small bag of Indian coins & these were amongst them, I'll do some Googling to see if I can find something similar to compare

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saro

Dear Capnbirdseye, may be you can try to have a look to Sinkiang / Kashgar , with mint : Khotan (Qotan); in name of ( Abdur) Rashid ()Khan.
I haven't be able to find a picture or reference for this nice coin which (like your others) is probably scarce.

I confirm the  denomination which is clear : only the "b" of "bish fung" is needed.
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capnbirdseye

Quote from: saro on November 01, 2012, 06:34:42 PM
Dear Capnbirdseye, may be you can try to have a look to Sinkiang / Kashgar , with mint : Khotan (Qotan); in name of ( Abdur) Rashid ()Khan.
I haven't be able to find a picture or reference for this nice coin which (like your others) is probably scarce.

I confirm the  denomination which is clear : only the "b" of "bish fung" is needed.

dear saro, I did find coins from Khotan mint on zeno but couldn't match one to mine, I did however post the coin on zeno to see if anyone comments on it.
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capnbirdseye

zeno identifies this one as               Xinjiang AR 5 fen, Aqsu mint     denomination: besh fung.
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