Old Coin Charm Bracelet - 1883 Hawaii, 1909 Lincoln, 1897 Straits Settlement...

I bought this for less than $30 some years ago, the coins are authentic but in the holed / damaged and worn condition they're in, it's just an interesting piece / grouping. Nonetheless, I'm all about the interesting pieces and I think it's a really fascinating grouping of 10 coins that someone put together for their charm bracelet (or so I imagine it). I can't identify the Arabic coin, but the rest speak for themselves - Hong Kong, Straits Settlement, Hawaii, India, USA, Phillipines (USA) - 1883 - 1909 coins. Someone was a world traveler! History is fun.

 

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The Arabic script coin appears to be:
Ottoman Egypt, 1 Qirsh - Abdul Hamid II
1293 AH (start of reign), regnal year 29 = 1876
If I have it right, should be about 16 mm, 1.4 g, 0.833 silver.

The Hawaii 1/4 dollar is very nice, even with a hole.

 

Having a heart attack over the holed Hawaii coin.

 

I’m thinking the person putting the bracelet together might be Navy only because during my enlistment I saved coins from every country the ship visited.

 

If the original owner was indeed a member of the USN, there’s a good chance he picked these up during the Voyage of the Great White Fleet (Dec 1907- Feb 1909). The dates seem to correspond with the exception of the Wheat Cent, which was issued later in the year.

 

Awful lot of corrosion around some of those holes. I wonder what the coins were held by. I'm sure there are plenty of sources that could cause that. Interesting, thanks for sharing.