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Posted 1 year ago
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Here are two items that my wife got from her father who was a world class traveler and collector of interesting objects. The item on the right is made with a Moroccan 5 dirham coin dated AH 1299 (AD 1861) and may be a pin to secure a cape ? The other item might be Native American? Both have loops at 12 oclock and are silver. Any one know for sure?
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The one you refer to as native American is interesting. Did the gentleman ever travel to South America by chance?
He spent a lot of time in Mexico, not sure if he ever went further south.
The first item I don't know but the second is almost the same as mine. I bought it in Morocco already a lot of years ago now I think it was about 1968. Mine is dated 1321 Islamic year (1903). So yours is still older that means the coin. It was used as closure for a coat or something like that.
Thanks Agram, that confirms my guess.