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5 Qirsh - Mehmed V
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1327 (1909) |
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| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears Arabic inscriptions arranged within a decorative wreath, indicating the mint of issue (Misr/Cairo) and the regnal year. Three stars are positioned above the regnal year numeral at the top of the wreath interior. The overall layout is characteristic of Egyptian-issue Ottoman coinage of the period, with the year 1327 AH and regnal year 4 prominently displayed. |
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The AH 1327 coinage of Mehmed V was struck at a politically volatile moment — the sultan had been placed on the throne by the Committee of Union and Progress just weeks after Abdul Hamid II was deposed following the failed counter-coup of April 1909. Mehmed V held largely ceremonial power throughout his reign, the CUP effectively running the empire while the coinage bore his name and regnal year.
Brass was an unusual choice for Ottoman subsidiary coinage of this period, reflecting both wartime metal pressures and the broader fiscal strain the empire was already experiencing years before the Balkan Wars began draining its treasury further.