interesting "coin" on a Jambiya

blue lander · 4th April 2014, 10:22 PM

Point taken - if it was Rhino I wouldn't want to know. I tried shining a flashlight through it and it's completely opaque, so I think that rules out any kind of horn anyway. Or does horn only turn translucent when it's old? I'll poke it with a hot needle to see if it's plastic and leave it at that.

Thank you for IDing the coin. I wonder why the 4 seems to have been deliberately turned backward. Perhaps somebody repaired the die they were using to stamp these things out and got the number backwards.

Edit: I did the hot needle test, it melted a little rather than burning like wood. It didn't smell like plastic but it didn't smell exactly like hair either. I wetted it down and it smelled a bit musty. I'm going to assume it's bull horn and leave it at that.

4th April 2014, 10:22 PM	#3
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	Point taken - if it was Rhino I wouldn't want to know. I tried shining a flashlight through it and it's completely opaque, so I think that rules out any kind of horn anyway. Or does horn only turn translucent when it's old? I'll poke it with a hot needle to see if it's plastic and leave it at that. Thank you for IDing the coin. I wonder why the 4 seems to have been deliberately turned backward. Perhaps somebody repaired the die they were using to stamp these things out and got the number backwards. Edit: I did the hot needle test, it melted a little rather than burning like wood. It didn't smell like plastic but it didn't smell exactly like hair either. I wetted it down and it smelled a bit musty. I'm going to assume it's bull horn and leave it at that. Last edited by blue lander; 5th April 2014 at 04:28 AM.