No Idea What This Is | Ottoman Egypt Qirsh

I think it's Turkish coin date 1293 (1876). I don't know exactly. I am searching..... :)

Ottoman empire period, that much is obvious. The reverse border is pretty distinctive for an Ottoman coin--I can't find it in my catalogue.

You might find my demonstration pic on dating an Ottoman Egyptian coin helpful:


On your coin, the accession date is 1293, the regnal year is 27. Add these two numbers together, subtract 1 and you get an actual AH year of issue of 1319. Convert this AH year to AD and you get April 1901 to April 1902 (so it's mostly 1901).

On the other side (this side is normally considered the obverse) is the toughra, and is actually the ornate signature of the Sultan. Beneath the toughra, you can see a small squiggle with the numeral "1" above it. This is the denomination; the squiggle is the Arabic letter shin (pronounced "sh") and stands for the denomination "qirsh".

Thus, what we have here is an Ottoman Egypt 1 qirsh, 1901, KM# 299. At this time, Egypt was striking both silver and cupronickel 1 qirsh coins. Alas, yours is the cupronickel variety. The silver ones looked like this.