Image: Lira of Mehmed V, 1911

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Description: ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush – Liralık (22mm, 7.19 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Kosova (Kosovo) mint. Dually dated AH 1327 and RY 3 (AD 1911). Tughra; reshad in Arabic to right; 3 sanat (RY date) in Arabic below; all within laurel wreath with crossed quivers over ties; seven stars above / zarb kosova fi 1327 az nasrah (Struck Kosova in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within laurel wreath; star above. Ölçer, Mehmed 35 322; Sultan –; Pere 1011; KM 800; Friedberg 61b. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, circulation marks. Rare.
Title: Lira of Mehmed V, 1911
Credit: CNG
Author: Unknown early 20th-century mint-master
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