What Is This | Ottoman Turkey 5 Kurush 1891/2

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lianebennett New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 02/08/2009 9:38 pm I received this coin from my mother which she got from her father. He said he got it as a boy when in Hungary and it was from Persia. can anyone help? <<<e-mail address removed by Forum Mod>>> Image: coin2.jpg 18.6 KB Image: coin1.jpg 98.29 KB Edited by Sap 02/10/2009 04:18 am Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 03:42 am It's a silver 5 kurush from the Ottoman Empire. Constantinople mint, dated the 17th year of the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1891/1892 AD). Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
EgCollector Pillar of the Community Egypt 3470 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 06:11 am and Report this Post to the Staff
lianebennett New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 02/09/2009 10:14 am Thank you very much... the other qustion is...do you know what it says? Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 02/10/2009 04:15 am Sure. I can't read Arabic like EgCollector can, but I've got a book that tells me what it says. On the top pic (which is upside down) is the ornate signature of the Sultan. This kind of signature is called a "toughra" (also spelled "tughra"), and is found on most Ottoman Empire coins, as well as on coins from a few other countries. Below the toughra is "Year 17". On the reverse, we have four lines of Arabic script. The top line says "May his victory be glorious" - the "him" in this case being the Sultan whose name is drawn on the other side of the coin. The next line says "struck in" and indicates that the following line will be the name of the city or province in which the coin was struck - in this case, the third line says "Constantinople", the capital city of the Empire. The final line is four numbers, giving the year the Sultan ascended the throne, in the Islamic calendar: 1293. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
lianebennett New Member Canada 4 Posts	Posted 02/11/2009 10:47 am Thanks so much...this coin has been passed down and not a soul in the family had a clue to what it was other than from persia. Thanks again Report this Post to the Staff
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