Coin ID - I think these are Turkish

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• lordmarcovan Posts: 43,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

  June 1, 2007 6:28PM

  I think you're right, but without Krause handy, I am not certain.
  
  The toughra script on the obverses pins them down as Ottoman for sure. The biggest coin-producing states in the Ottoman Empire were Turkey and Egypt, I am pretty sure.

  
  
  

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• dcamp78 Posts: 1,082 ✭✭

  June 1, 2007 9:09PM

  The coins look to be 1 or 2 Kurush. I can't see a denomination on the coin.
  It was minted in AH1293 / Year 17, which is 1893, I believe.
  If you can measure the width and weight of the coin we can probably be
  more helpful...
  
  

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• Writersblock Posts: 1,196 ✭

  June 3, 2007 2:46AM

  I can't help with the denomination because I don't see one either (Which may indicate a 1 Kurush, if it is the base unit it may not need a number. Numbers would be needed for larger denominations.) It is definitely Turkish though, the inscription above the date reads Was Struck in Constantinople.

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