An Unknown Ottoman Coin Found At Home

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draxter New Member Bulgaria 7 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 07:07 am I found this Ottoman coin at home and after some research online I think it should be a silver Yirmilik from the reign of Mahmoud I (1730-1754) but would like to hear the opinion of people who actually know something about coins. Thanks! Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5271 Posts	Posted 11/21/2017 5:45 pm Please tell us the weight and the diameter of the coin. Report this Post to the Staff
Petrus Pillar of the Community Belgium 2895 Posts	Posted 11/22/2017 07:05 am first picture is up side down! Report this Post to the Staff
draxter New Member Bulgaria 7 Posts	Posted 11/22/2017 10:06 am It is possible that I took the picture upside down as I can't read Arabic script. To me, it looks completely the same as this silver yirmilik but I could not measure the weight and the diameter yet. Will let you know when I do. Edited by draxter 11/22/2017 10:13 am Report this Post to the Staff
paxbrit Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 11/22/2017 10:30 am Looks like you had better check under the sofa and the chair, too, not just the Ottoman ! Report this Post to the Staff
Joseph7420 Bedrock of the Community Canada 11922 Posts	Posted 11/22/2017 7:20 pm The coin in question and the example below do look quite similar, although there is one character that is different. Looking at the second set of pictures, it is on the second last row of the second picture (the first, highest character). That one character does not help narrow down what denomination the coin in question is, however. So yea... the last digit of the date of the first coin is a three, meaning, like the example below it, it would be dated 1143 (around 1731 in the Gregorian calendar). With the different denominations, the diameters vary somewhat. The kurus is around 38 millimetres, the 1/2 kurus (yirmilik) is around 30 millimetres, and the 10 para (onluk) is around 25 millimetres. And if the diameter is something not around any of those numbers, it is probably of some other denomination. Report this Post to the Staff
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