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1/2 Kurus - Mustafa II Kostantiniyye mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Currency | Kuruş (1688-1844) |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Mint | Kostantiniyye (Constantinople) Mint |
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Mustafa II came to the throne in 1695 determined to reverse Ottoman military decline personally — he was the first sultan in decades to lead campaigns in the field himself. That same year saw the catastrophic loss of Azov to Peter the Great, a defeat that reoriented Ottoman defensive priorities for a generation. Coins struck at Kostantiniyye in his accession year mark the opening of a reign defined by that tension between reformist ambition and strategic retreat.