Egypt AH 1277(7) 10 para
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The coin shown is a copper ten para from the reign of Sultan Abdul Aziz. It was struck at the Paris Mint. The obverse bears the toughra, or signature, of the sultan, with the denomination written below (abbreviated as the letter P for para) with the number 10. The reverse carries the accession date and the text minted in Misr (Misr is Arabic for Egypt). The date is written as AH 1277 year 7, which translates to about 1866 AD. Uslu[1] lists this issue as common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.5 g, copper, 30 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 241.
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- Valentine, W.H., Modern Copper Coins of the Muhammadan States, London: Spink and Sons, 1911.
- [1]Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
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