[zutmeloda]

My grandma just passed away and while cleaning out the house we found some old coins, i think that her brother must have got theim in europe during the war. Theres 20 coins in all but these 4 really stood out to me.

the top two seem to be hebrew or egyptian with 1320 and 1340 on them but they dont seem to be hammer forged, i think they were pressed which i dont think they had in the 14th centery. and the bottom 2 coins were german one of which has a swastika

anyone know any anything about these?

 

[rob-cubed]

The German ones should be silver alloy, so they are worth something on top of being collectible.

I don't think the middle eastern ones are really from the 14th century. I have some like that which I didn't pay much for at a flea market... but they are very cool looking.

 

[Norinco QBZ-95]

The middle eastern coins are Moroccan. To the right is ten mazuna, to the left is five. The date is anno hejirae, meaning from the time Mohammad the Prophet was around.

 

[zutmeloda]

cool, thanks for the info

 

[Norinco QBZ-95]

I did some quick research, and it appears the Morrocans didn't update the years sometimes. They continued using old dies with old years on them. Also, a anno hejira year is 354 days.

 

[JOHNO]

Here is a link to the site I use for Nazi Coins.

http://luckylukeonline.com/history.html