Can anyone read this?

[ohnoyoudidnt]

or this



I am told it is not Hebrew.

[lonestarnot]

1. Jit jot jit jot jit jot ditty dit dot.

:evilgrin:

[Liberal_in_LA]

18. smart ass. lol

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Sorry, I can't. Is it Hebrew? It looks like it to me...nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. The characters are

But I can't make heads or tails.

[The Genealogist]

4. I cannot read it

I was never good at reading Hebrew without the pointing. If it is not Hebrew, could be Aramaic, Yiddish, Ladino (if Ladino uses Hebrew script, don't know) or others.

[WCGreen]

5. It says

In the year 2525....
If Man is still alive...

[lonestarnot]

6. Where did you get it?

[99th_Monkey]

10. hmm. they're not sayin apparently. nt

[Betsy Ross]

7. The top image makes me think it might be Yiddish.

Cross-post to the Jewish group. Someone there will be able to read it.

[lonestarnot]

8. The bottom one is the star of david no?

[Betsy Ross]

14. They are all Hebrew characters and it is a "Magen David."

It is the spelling that makes me think it might be Yiddish.

[hootinholler]

24. I thought that was a cheap wine?

:shrug:

[Angry Dragon]

9. Calling Dan Brown

[piratefish08]

11. "one round thingy to rule them all"

throw it in a lake of fire - FAST!

[Name removed]

12. Deleted message

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[baldguy]

13. Google turned up this:

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=53885

Well, what we know about it has already been posted - it isn't a coin, it's an occultic/spiritualist/kabbalistic healing charm. The design of the star-side is taken from the "Keys of Solomon", a mediaeval Kabbalistic (Jewish-derived esoteric teachings) text. See here for an English version of the text, with a translation of what the inscriptions are supposed to read.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

16. Thank you. nt

[Huey P. Long]

15. Its at least $40 melt value. I'd hang on to it though.

[AustinLobo]

17. Found it

http://www.ladyofthecake.com/mel/space/sounds/read.wav

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. It is Hebrew, but I can't read it. Sorry. n/t

[astral]

20. Why can't you photograph it without the plastic bag?

Not that I can help you with it; it just seems strange to bother to post a photo of both sides and not take the wrapper off for the photo.

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Yes, there is nothing stopping anyone from reading it. :-)

[pinboy3niner]

25. IF you sent for and received your Ovaltine Seekrit Decoder Ring :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. The middle of the bottom coin says "YHWH is God" (yyhwh 'lhm)

YHWH being God's proper name (possibly Yahweh, but we aren't really sure how the ancients pronounced the name since the Jewish people stopped saying it after the temple was destroyed, the vowel pointing for the name in all the texts is the vowel pointing for Adonai, which is often said instead of saying the name. Though sometimes they might say hashshem, which means "the name").

But I can't read the rest - they aren't standard Hebrew words, which makes me think they are some kind of prayer helping device (like an acronym mnemonic for a prayer) or otherwise have something religiously important/symbolic to offer.

The Star of David in the bottom one has two Hs and four Ds in the triangles of the star, which by themselves mean nothing, but I'm sure stand for something.

The "word" in the middle of the top coin is 'w'wwr' (the ' is a glottal, that thing that looks like an X is a silent letter). 'w'wwr' is not a word.

The letters around the coin are seemingly random stringing of glottals, w, h, ch, s, and r.

[Politicalboi]

23. It says

Corporations Are People. Corporations by the people for the people.:sarcasm:

[Brother Buzz]

26. B-E ... S-U-R-E ... T-O ...D-R-I-N-K... Y-O-U-R... O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E....

Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!