I have a coin from Arabic India, I believe ...

It is large (about the size of an American 50 cent piece) and believe it is copper. It is covered in Arabic Script. On the reverse side is more script with something that may indicate a date of perhaps "17VV" with the "7" turned the other way. Thank you very much for any information you can provide. This coin was in with British and Canadian coins from 1861-1945. Thank you again. Miss P.

This is a 20 para from Egypt. Here it is in the catalogue. Yours is of year 9.

EDIT: I just sent a small correction: the coin pictured on the page was issued in year 4 (٤) not year 5.

Welcome to Numista.

It's an Egypt 20 para 1868: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces22366.html
That "17VV" with the 7 turned the other way is in fact Arabic script meaning 1277. As you can see here, the 7 turned around is the Arabic 2 and the V is the Arabic 7: https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-islamic-30.html
You can also see an Arabic number at the top of the reverse, in your case a 9. That's the regnal year: the amount of years a ruler is in function. To know the exact year you have to add the regnal year to the frozen date (1277) which give you the exact date. This date is in the Islamic calendar so you need a conversion to know the Christian date (Gregorian calendar). In your case it's 1868.

So, year 9 = 1285 = April 24, 1868─April 12, 1869.

BUT, normally, it is a regnal year, counted from the date of accession. So, anytime after April 24th, depending on how late in the year Abdulaziz became ruler.

EDIT: Abdulaziz became ruler on 11 Dhu'l Hijja 1277 (almost at the end of the year, Dhu'l Hijja being the twelfth and last month of the year), so I suppose his 9th year as ruler started on March 26th 1869! I know these are details, but they do respect the Islamic calculation of the year.

Sorry Camerinvs, our answers crossed each other.

And your last answer disappeared (probably because of the mistake in your calculation). The date is 1277 + 9 - 1 (because like you said 1277 is already regnal year 1 so you have to subtract 1 from that 9) = AH1285 = AZD1868

Hahaha, and your answer is back, but a new one. And our answers keep crossing.

Yes, it's difficult because the Islamic Calendar is shorter and doesn't always start at January 1 like ours.
The automatic converter on our coin page gives for regnal year 9 AD1868.

Yeah, I got confused at some point... Now I re-uploaded my message with the precise information. I actually went to a converter (on this page) and used the regnal dates as a starting point).

An Egyptian coin. Nice. 1868. Do you imagine it is worth more than its face value.
Thanks to everyone who was interested enough to provide me with information. Many thanks again.
Miss P

Цитата: "Miss P"​An Egyptian coin. Nice. 1868. Do you imagine it is worth more than its face value.
​Thanks to everyone who was interested enough to provide me with information. Many thanks again.
​Miss P

Egypt hasn't had the 'para' denomination since 1914, so it's difficult to say if it's worth more than its face value

On the Numista coin page, you can see that members from the Numista community paid on average $3.53 for one in VF grade. Catalog value is $3 for VF:
https://www.ngccoin.com/price-guide/world/egypt-20-para-km-244-1277-10-1277-9-cuid-1055640-duid-1241368

Thank you so much. Found several coins in my parents' things. The coins are interesting to see, if not valuable. Kind regards.

If you have multiple coins of unknown origin and you have a smartphone you might wanna take a look at an app called Coinoscope or similar ones. The app lets you scan the coin and it will look for coins of similar appearance most of the time (from my own experience) it will come up with the coin you're looking for.

I have to say, this group of coin enthusiasts is very magnanimous. Lovely folks, very willing to help. Bless you one and all! Miss P.

I see there is a graffiti above the tughra.
If anything that adds a bit of interest. what could it mean? a letter? what alphabet even?
edit to add: I would pay $3.50 for that.