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½ Qirsh - Abd al-Azīz Mecca
| Issuer | Saudi Arabia › Hejaz and Nejd (1926-1932) |
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| Year | 1343 (1925) |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Three horizontal lines of bold Arabic calligraphy fill the reverse field in a plain, unadorned arrangement. The upper inscription reads 'Duriba fi Umm al-Qura' (Struck in Mecca), identifying the mint, while the lower line reads 'Nisf Qirsh' (Half Qirsh), stating the denomination. The legends are rendered in a robust Naskh-style script with no additional ornamental devices or borders beyond the coin's milled edge. |
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| Mintage | 1343 (1925) - KM 2.1: al-Faisal al Saud 1343 (1925) - KM 2.2: al-Faisal |
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The Hejaz and Nejd designation itself marks a transitional moment: Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud had captured Mecca from Sharif Hussein only in October 1924, and this copper issue belongs to the earliest phase of his consolidation over the Hijaz. A unified Saudi state was still years away — the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia would not be proclaimed until 1932.