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''Specification:'' 12.3-13 g, 0.4650 fine silver.
 
''Specification:'' 12.3-13 g, 0.4650 fine silver.
  
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''Catalog reference:'' KM 498.
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''Catalog reference:'' Dav-1818, KM 498.
  
 
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from the Ma'adi Collection
from the Ma'adi Collection

This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Selim III (r. 1789-1808). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1203 (= 1789 A.D.) while the reverse bears the regnal year 1. The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued AH 1203-1223. Unusual in that the mint written on the coin is 'Istanbul' rather than 'Constantinople'.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 12.3-13 g, 0.4650 fine silver.

Catalog reference: Dav-1818, KM 498.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.

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