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Worldwide Coins & Bank Notes => Other World Coins => Topic started by: EgCollector on February 27, 2009, 02:04:18 AM
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I have added some new coins to my Egyptian collection, and this is one of my latest additions that i would like to share with you.
Sultan Hussein Kamel
KM#321 20 PIASTRES
Composition: 28.0000 g., 0.8330 Silver .7499 oz. ASW
Date: AH 1335-1917
Mintage: 840,000
Would appreciate your comments.
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Very nice coin, Amr.
Why does it have 1333 on one side and 1335 on the other?
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Very cool looking coins
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Nice coins!
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Why does it have 1333 on one side and 1335 on the other?
1335 is the year the coin was actually struck. AH 1333 (1914 AD) was the year Egypt seceded from the Ottoman Empire (with British help) and therefore the "accession year" of Husayn Kamil, sultan of Egypt.
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Thanks, Sap.
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Why does it have 1333 on one side and 1335 on the other?
1335 is the year the coin was actually struck. AH 1333 (1914 AD) was the year Egypt seceded from the Ottoman Empire (with British help) and therefore the "accession year" of Husayn Kamil, sultan of Egypt.
I agree, as always you are right and quick Sap :)
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First to make the report that the package from Egypt has arrived safely in Wyoming, and then to .........................
Happy to know that the package reached you safe and sound and that you like it :)
This is the third surprise package to reach its destination safely this month, and still two are on the way to Australia heading to two dear friends. Hope they make it safely. :)
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Is there anything I can use to remove this black dirt without affecting the coin value?
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I like it when old silver coins look like that - it gives them character, kind of a "poor man's cameo", with the details stand out better on the black background. Removing it might make it look "cleaned", which would definitely affect the value.
It depends on what the black stuff actually is. Take a good, close look at the black areas with a magnifier, particularly looking at the transition areas from black to metal. Does it look like the black areas are smooth and flat, like a discoloured part of the metal itself? If so, then it's silver tarnish, and nothing will remove it that won't give it that dull, "cleaned coin" look.
If, however, it looks rough and uneven, like the black is kind of adhered to the surface, then it's dirt, grime and goo the coin has picked up from people's grubby hands in circulation. Soaking it in acetone, alcohol or even soapy water should remove it, without causing undue harm. The coin might, however, look "shiny" underneath the grime, creating the reverse effect of what you see now, with shiny metal in the fine detail and dull tarnished metal in the open fields.
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Hi Sap,
I think it is silver tarnish, and i am afraid if it is removed [the coin might, however, look "shiny" underneath the grime, creating the reverse effect of what you see now, with shiny metal in the fine detail and dull tarnished metal in the open fields.] I think that this will be ugly.
Well, Thanks Sap, I got the message. "Leave it as it is, it is more beautiful like that" :)