Medini - Ibrahim I

Ibrahim I came to the throne in 1640 after spending most of his life confined to the kafes — the palace cage where Ottoman princes were kept under house arrest to prevent succession challenges. Years of isolation left him psychologically unstable, and his reign was marked by erratic governance until his deposition and strangulation in 1648. The medini was among the smallest silver denominations in circulation, produced in quantity at multiple mints across the empire and often of inconsistent fineness.