Post by evm111 on Jun 28, 2005 21:32:55 GMT -5
Hi fellows!!
Here is a new listing I've been working on for a spell-
REPUBLIC OF CAMALA: This is a small, 1 Tallar gold piece, dated 1853. The coin came mounted on a 9-karat gold ring, which actually happens to be its “natural setting”. According to Mr. Mike Locke, these “Tallar tokens were struck in England for use in the jewelry trade, circa 1980.” An apparent jeweler's fantasy, these coins have also appeared on pendants. A similar piece, dated 1854, exists from the “Republic of Malaca” (not to be confused with Malacca, a Malay sultanate). Note that the only difference between the names “Camala” and “Malaca” is merely the result of a single syllable being switched to different positions. Another Tallar, dated 1853, exists from the “United States of America”. So what is a “Tallar”, anyway? One Web-site claims that it was an “Egyptian unit equal to 20 Piastres” (and that an Ashrafi was “formerly one third of a Tallar”). Another person maintains that it is the Afrikaans word for Dollar (which itself originated with a 16th century coin known as the “Joachimstaler” — a shortened, far-reaching version of this name, Taler/Thaler, was eventually altered to Daler/Daalder). Whatever the case may be, the word “Tallar” has several historical variants which share similar spellings; these include Talar/Talara (Poland), Talaro (Ethiopia), Talirion (Greece), Tallero (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italian states, Ragusa), Tolar (Bohemia, Slovenia), as well as the previously noted Taler and Thaler (because they had far too ubiquitous a range, I'll refrain from listing every single nation-state in which they circulated). I obtained my piece on eBay.
Here is a new listing I've been working on for a spell-
REPUBLIC OF CAMALA: This is a small, 1 Tallar gold piece, dated 1853. The coin came mounted on a 9-karat gold ring, which actually happens to be its “natural setting”. According to Mr. Mike Locke, these “Tallar tokens were struck in England for use in the jewelry trade, circa 1980.” An apparent jeweler's fantasy, these coins have also appeared on pendants. A similar piece, dated 1854, exists from the “Republic of Malaca” (not to be confused with Malacca, a Malay sultanate). Note that the only difference between the names “Camala” and “Malaca” is merely the result of a single syllable being switched to different positions. Another Tallar, dated 1853, exists from the “United States of America”. So what is a “Tallar”, anyway? One Web-site claims that it was an “Egyptian unit equal to 20 Piastres” (and that an Ashrafi was “formerly one third of a Tallar”). Another person maintains that it is the Afrikaans word for Dollar (which itself originated with a 16th century coin known as the “Joachimstaler” — a shortened, far-reaching version of this name, Taler/Thaler, was eventually altered to Daler/Daalder). Whatever the case may be, the word “Tallar” has several historical variants which share similar spellings; these include Talar/Talara (Poland), Talaro (Ethiopia), Talirion (Greece), Tallero (Eritrea, Ethiopia, Italian states, Ragusa), Tolar (Bohemia, Slovenia), as well as the previously noted Taler and Thaler (because they had far too ubiquitous a range, I'll refrain from listing every single nation-state in which they circulated). I obtained my piece on eBay.