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I have a silver coin with a camel on both sides. The camel is surrounded by nine stars and on one side is some sort of arabic and the other side says silk lord. Any ideas?
Hi Anne Marie,
It is certainly a token or medallion, rather than a coin. However, it could still be valuable and may actually be an American merchant advertising piece (depending on if it's real Arabic or just Arabic-like scribble). If you can attach a clear picture of the side with the Arabic writing I can most likely tell more about it.
Thanks for the question! =)
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Dmitry Livshits
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My specialty is world coins from the 18th to 20th centuries, primarily non-US foreign coins and related areas such as errors and exonumia (tokens, medals, etc.). I can answer questions relating to identification, grading, selling, preservation and evaluation of such items. In addition to catalog value, I can give you the practical market value and trends for specific types of coins. I will also take questions regarding counterfeits (both modern and antique) and on how to identify them. I am NOT knowledgeable in paper money/banknotes, ancient or "shipwreck" coins. Thank you.
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Collector of world coins since early childhood. Access to a variety of auction records and reference material. You can also find me on Facebook.
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A.S. in Psychology (2006), B.A. in Forensic Psychology (2008), M.A. in Forensic Psychology (2011).
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