A twentieth of war

Contemporary age

 

 

 

Metal: Bronze.

Issuing entity: Ottoman Empire. Abdul Hamid II.

Mint: Egypt.

Date: Year 1869.

Obverse:

Toughra (seal of the Sultan princes of the Ottoman Empire) with flower on the right and year of rule in Arabic underneath.

Reverse:

Muslim year of accession to the throne and Arabic mint.

Weight: 3.33 gr. - Diameter: 20 mm. - Axes: 12 h

Described in: Krause, C. L. and Mishler, C., 1980: Standard Catalog of World Coins, Wisconsin, p. 447, no. 13.

Published in: Bayo Fuentes, S., Ramón Sánchez, J.J., 2010: "Catálogo. Collections", in Ramón Sánchez, J.J. (ed.), Coins. Todas las caras de la Historia. Colecciones numismáticas del MARQ, Alicante, p. 181.

Monetary Inventory Number: 7772.

Assignment. Julio Furgús Collection.