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½ Sultani - Abdul Hamid I counterfeit
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire / Tunis Mint |
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| Year | 1188 (1774) |
| Type | Contemporary counterfeit coin |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Officially, the Ottoman sultani was struck to a high gold standard, but Tunisian provincial minting in the late 18th century operated with considerable autonomy — and considerable liberties. This piece, struck at .500 fineness rather than the expected higher standard, occupies an ambiguous legal category: produced at an official mint under nominal Ottoman authority, yet debased enough to qualify as counterfeit by imperial standards. Whether the Tunis Mint's bey-controlled administration regarded this as fraud or pragmatic fiscal management is a question the surviving documentation does not cleanly answer.