Egypt (British) Token (Spanish Reales) 1920
Wow, Mitchell. That's a puzzler. According to accomplished numismatist Haseeb Naz of Chiefa Coins in Saudi Arabia, this is an Egyptian token from the time of the British Occupation between 1882 and 1952. It is obviously designed to look like Spanish reales coinage, but the actual motivation, origins and metallic content are unknown. Haseeb says that jewelers in Egypt issued these pieces to sell a jewelry.
Since Mitchell's coin in pretty well beat up, with illegible inscriptions, it is probably not worth very much. A guy tried to sell one on eBay for $1000 US dollars, but that did not fly. My guess (pure guess) at value is:
worn: $10 US dollars
average circulated: $25
well preserved: $100
CoinQuest thanks Haseeb for use of his photo and for the information he provided.
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Coin: 16620, Genre: Islamic Hindu Buddhist, Timeline: World
Created (yyyymm): 201402, Last review: 201601
Appearance: Normal round coin Metallic gray Dark metallic Letters: Latin
Years: sort: 1920, filter: 1920 to 1920
Image: egypt_british_token_1920.jpg
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