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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: Yass on August 08, 2008, 05:59:16 PM
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I have a bronze/brass coloured coin. It has a snarling lion's head on one side. It's mane is flowing in the breeze. The other side has a walking man with a rfile and bullet belt across his chest. He has a small pouch hanging on his left side. He appears to be in a field with small trees in the background and possibly mountainous terrain. It is about the size of a US 10 or AU 5 cent. The denomination is 5.
The other coin has a stylised seated cat/lion, facing left, front legs straight, back legs crouching. It looks Indian or asian in design. The other side has what looks like a laurel wreath or rose bushes left and right. It has minimal writing between which looks like a backward c 7 :
the next line down looks like a sideways 8 seperated by a long vertical line connected to another sideways "8 and :"
No denomination. About the size of a US 1 cent. Copper.
Any ideas?
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The first one is Ethiopian, Yass. I've had about a dozen little somethings to drink, or else I"d be more helpful at the moment.
The second coin sounds like a Burmese coin.
Hopefully with those, you can find them in a world catalog?
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The first one is Ethiopian, Yass. I've had about a dozen little somethings to drink, or else I"d be more helpful at the moment.
The second coin sounds like a Burmese coin.
Hopefully with those, you can find them in a world catalog?
Thanks ElleKitty.
The first is indeed an Ethiopia - 5 Cent (http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img/65-44_1&desc=Ethiopia%20km44.1%205%20Cents%20(1977))
I'll check out Burma.
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Burma - Mayanmar it is.
The coin is a 1 Pya - KM32 (1952-1965) (http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img2/127-32&desc=Myanmar%20km32%201%20Pya%20(1952-1965))
Now to work out the actual date on this one ::)
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If you could put up a picture, we can help? :)