AH1277: Differences between a copper 10 para minted in Cairo and one in Constantinople

SYRACUSIAN · September 21, 2007 3:56AM

Can you see them?

Both large copper coins of the Ottoman empire in the 1860s. Both coins are 10 para.

ajaan · September 21, 2007 4:04AM

<< <i>Can you see them? >>

One is blue, the other isn't.

SYRACUSIAN · September 21, 2007 4:12AM

Colour does not count Don.

I'll start by revealing that the date is not the same, one is minted in 1863 and the other in 1866. You tell me the rest.

TwoKopeiki · September 21, 2007 4:26AM

Yeah... other than one is 1277 year 4 and the other one is 1277 year 7 - no idea. Toughras are identical, as they should be.

Perhaps the first one is a proof, while the second one is MS?

newsman · September 21, 2007 4:40AM

The mint name is different. The reverse legend on the top one says "minted in Constantinople," and on the bottom one it says "minted in Egypt (Misr)."

spoon · September 21, 2007 6:01AM

What newsman & 2k said, plus the regnal year and denom are on different sides on each.

AH1277: Differences between a copper 10 para minted in Cairo and one in Constantinople

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