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<p>[QUOTE="loruca, post: 2293519, member: 13524"]<font size="4">Hello all!</font></p><p><font size="4">I had to buy this piece when I saw it as i'd never seen such an old coin necklace before, (not to mention the 26$ price tag!) The seller didn't seem to realize they were selling a real antique. At almost 200 grams of solid unhallmarked silver, it's a middle-eastern, maybe Persian or Arabian, coin necklace, I know a little about coins, and have dated the majority to the 1780-1815 period, they are 10 para coins from the Ottoman Empire and Libya, with in the centre an 1822 Spanish 20 reales piece. Other than this, I am wholly at a loss.</font></p><p><font size="4">I would greatly appreciate the help of anyone more knowledgeable!</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">Laurent</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]258198[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]258199[/ATTACH] </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="loruca, post: 2293519, member: 13524"][SIZE=4]Hello all! I had to buy this piece when I saw it as i'd never seen such an old coin necklace before, (not to mention the 26$ price tag!) The seller didn't seem to realize they were selling a real antique. At almost 200 grams of solid unhallmarked silver, it's a middle-eastern, maybe Persian or Arabian, coin necklace, I know a little about coins, and have dated the majority to the 1780-1815 period, they are 10 para coins from the Ottoman Empire and Libya, with in the centre an 1822 Spanish 20 reales piece. Other than this, I am wholly at a loss. I would greatly appreciate the help of anyone more knowledgeable![/SIZE] [SIZE=4]Laurent [ATTACH=full]258198[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]258199[/ATTACH] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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