Got a decent silver coins bag (200 grams) from a store at Guadalajara. They where all grouped there because the seller didn't know anything about those coins, so I took my chances, nearly spot price and unidentified coins how could I resist?
It was easy identifying all of them (nothing too special, but certainly several times spot value, except for 3 that I couldn't pinpoint:
Side A Side B
Tinny one is just about 10mm, the other two near 15mm.
Any help would be appreciated.
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
This is why I find so hard pinpointing them; they aren't just completely text (a text I don't understand at all except for the numbers) but in this case they are from a bigger die that won't fit the smaller disks. If only they had an image (but I guess they took to seriously the "no icons at all" law).
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
The smallest one looks like Ottoman Akce (or Aqche) depending on how one chooses to spell it. The date on Ottoman coins is Hejira, and it can't be AH1594, since this year is still a century and a half in the future.
I couldn't read the date, it might be off flan, but the size and the design with stars in the middle of obverse and reverse reminds of Suleyman I (AH 926-974 / 1520-1566 AD) Akce. Have a look through these 30 pages, there are many with central star design, you might recognize yours http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2164
I collect coins and tokens which circulated in Africa from 18th century to 2000. I sell about 7000 illustrated world coins from http://www.avscoins.com.
Quote: AndreyThe smallest one looks like Ottoman Akce (or Aqche) depending on how one chooses to spell it. The date on Ottoman coins is Hejira, and it can't be AH1594, since this year is still a century and a half in the future.
I couldn't read the date, it might be off flan, but the size and the design with stars in the middle of obverse and reverse reminds of Suleyman I (AH 926-974 / 1520-1566 AD) Akce. Have a look through these 30 pages, there are many with central star design, you might recognize yours http://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2164
I think you might be right with the smallest one; the ones I've seen so far on that page are very similar, but haven't been able to find the exact one, as in most cases the coins there have some worn details, so I am surprised I got one in such near perfect state, half a millennium after it was issued, 13,000 kilometers away... and in a "unknowns" bag
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
I did not say the date is AH.
There are similar coins with the AD date
I think this is the VS date. That would it fit right in the reign of Suleyman (1537AD)
Non est totum quod splendet ut aurum
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Thanks a bunch to everyone who helped me. I know some people really likes trying to identify coins (I do, but for coins like these I am mostly clueless, specially since Numista listings aren't complete for those regions, otherwise I would be able just by trail and error comparing the pictures).
Thanks!
Numista referee for the "Viceroyalty of the New Spain" (most of it).
History through coins.
Eli V
Hi, the akçe is actually by Mehmed II (the Conqueror). In the left picture, on the right it can be read Mehmed son of Murad (its a little different from modern arab). On the right image, it says "may his kingdom perdure, struck in Bursa"