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19th January 2012, 11:31 AM
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A sharper image of the butt of the knife may help to ID the coin.
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19th January 2012, 11:32 AM
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the problem is not in the picture, but in the coin itself. It's a blurry coin...
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19th January 2012, 11:45 AM
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Well a larger photo would help me at least, from what I can see now it looks potentially like Arabic script and I am already beginning to wonder if the coin is Ottoman.
Coral is a material they were fond of. However I have to say weapons from this sphere of influence are not an area where I have much experience. 
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19th January 2012, 03:06 PM
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It looks like a Musandam shehi knife and decorated in coral (Morgan). I only have a modern derivative to hand but it illustrates my point. Cannot read the coin but could be a copy of a venetian ducat obliterated by a big old iron spiggot in its centre.
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19th January 2012, 04:11 PM
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IMHO, it is a North African Khodmi.
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19th January 2012, 05:20 PM
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Could be a reworked European vendetta knife?
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20th January 2012, 07:35 AM
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I don't think it's a Khodmi. I have 2 of them. Workmanship and blade geometry is completely different.
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