In honor of Thanksgiving Day - a gem of a Turkey coin
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Turkey 25 Piastres 1293/7 El Ghazi to right of toughra, struck in Constatntinople
Ex Mortimer Hammel Collection 1982
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That is quite a beautiful coin.
The pardon is for tyrants. They like to declare pardons on holidays, such as the birthday of the dictator, or Christ, or the Revolution. Dictators should be encouraged to keep it up. And we should be encouraged to remember that the promiscuous dispensation of clemency is not a sign of political liberality. It is instead one of those valuable, identifying marks of tyranny.
Charles Krauthammer