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1 Manghir - Ahmed I Misr mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1603-1605 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a multi-line Arabic inscription in Ottoman script, recording the mint name and the Hijri regnal year. The legend reads 'Duriba Misr al-Mahrusa' (Struck in Egypt, the Guarded) with the Hijri date below. The inscription is set within the plain field without additional decorative border, consistent with the austere typology of Ottoman provincial copper issues. Strike is characteristically crude and off-center, with surface corrosion partially obscuring portions of the legend. |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب مصر محرو ۱۰۱۲ سة (Translation: Duriba Misr al-Mahrusa. 1012 : `Struck in Egypt, `the Guarded` [in] 1012 [AH].`) |
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Ahmed I came to the throne at fifteen following the death of Mehmed III, and his early coinage reflects the administrative scramble of a new reign — mint outputs were irregular and die preparation inconsistent across provincial facilities. The Misr mint, operating in Ottoman Cairo, served a Egyptian market that still thought partly in Mamluk monetary terms, and copper fractions like this manghir circulated in an economy where the silver akçe was increasingly debased and distrusted.
KM#9 specimens from Misr frequently show uneven flan preparation, a known characteristic of this mint's copper output in the early seventeenth century.