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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9826229, member: 2844"]Maria Theresia Talers (MTT) were made in great quantities, especially for the Middle Eastern and African market. It was a reliable coin, always .833 fineness, so people trusted it. It was often made into jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think your pendant was made in Afghanistan in a traditional style. Most Afghans are tribal, so in that sense it is probably tribal jewellery.</p><p>The more safe and correct term is ethnic jewellery, which covers all ethnicities, also those that don't form tribes (which is most people).</p><p><br /></p><p>Although it isn't worth anything as a coin, it is worth more than your $10 as a traditional ethnic MTT pendant.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9826229, member: 2844"]Maria Theresia Talers (MTT) were made in great quantities, especially for the Middle Eastern and African market. It was a reliable coin, always .833 fineness, so people trusted it. It was often made into jewellery. I think your pendant was made in Afghanistan in a traditional style. Most Afghans are tribal, so in that sense it is probably tribal jewellery. The more safe and correct term is ethnic jewellery, which covers all ethnicities, also those that don't form tribes (which is most people). Although it isn't worth anything as a coin, it is worth more than your $10 as a traditional ethnic MTT pendant.:)[/QUOTE]
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