Middle eastern/southern Asia coin ID - Solved - Iranian Rial

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Middle eastern/southern Asia coin ID - Solved - Iranian Rial

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Totally random, found this coin at the grocery store. I was wondering if anyone knew what country it was from. reverse image searches and whatnot haven't gotten me anywhere.

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Looks Arabic. But I guess you knew that much.
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jfrost wrote:Looks Arabic.


That narrows it down

(well it does, but still :P)
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ZeroAX wrote:
jfrost wrote:Looks Arabic.


That narrows it down

(well it does, but still :P)

Only 22 countries to check, man.
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reminds me of this :lol:

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dsheinem wrote:the one side looks like some Iranian coins: http://www.coinnetwork.com/forum/topics ... nian-coins


Almost exactly like that top left one. I'll search a bit more later.
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Hobie-wan wrote:
dsheinem wrote:the one side looks like some Iranian coins: http://www.coinnetwork.com/forum/topics ... nian-coins


Almost exactly like that top left one. I'll search a bit more later.


yeah, that non-building side matches several examples I see of iranian currency, but I didn't find an exact match in some quick looking. I also looked at 10 or so other Arab speaking countries (again, with a quick search). Maybe PM kingmohd?
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Presuming the number on the coin is the year of issuance, it was between 21st March 2010 – 20th March 2011. Nothing exotic or valuable I'm afraid :lol:

http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert/?Amount=5 ... IRR&To=USD
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch& ... rch+Images

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jfrost wrote:
ZeroAX wrote:
jfrost wrote:Looks Arabic.


That narrows it down

(well it does, but still :P)

Only 22 countries to check, man.


More than 22 for sure! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_script
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