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Medini - Selim I
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1516-1518 |
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| Value | 1 Medin (2) |
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| Obverse lettering | سلطان سليم بن بايزيد خان |
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| Mintage | 922 (1516) ND (1516-1518) 923 (1517) |
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Selim I's rapid conquest of Mamluk Egypt in 1517 immediately expanded the Ottoman minting network to include Cairo and other former Mamluk centers, but the medini — a small-denomination silver struck in the years bracketing that conquest — continued production with minimal administrative disruption, reflecting how thoroughly Selim absorbed existing fiscal infrastructure. The type is often found with uneven flans and off-center strikes, not by accident but because the hammered blanks were cut from wire of inconsistent gauge.