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1/8 Budju Suman Budju - Mahmud II
| Issuer | Regency of Algiers |
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| Year | 1808-1809 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#A61 |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a two-line Arabic inscription arranged horizontally across the field, separated by a plain horizontal line divider, with floral or foliate ornamental devices flanking the text on both sides. The lower line bears the AH mint date numerals, reading 1223, corresponding to 1808 CE. A beaded border and a decorative foliate wreath surround the entire design, consistent with the hammered coinage style of the Algerian Regency mint. The flan is irregular in shape, typical of the hand-struck silver fractional coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Regency of Algiers operated as an Ottoman tributary state with unusual monetary autonomy, striking its own coinage through a local mint system largely independent of Constantinople. The budju series was the backbone of everyday Algerian commerce in this period, and fractional pieces like this eighth circulated hard — the economy ran on small silver, not large denominations. Mahmud II had only just acceded to the Ottoman throne in 1808 following the deposition of Mustafa IV, and his tughra was appearing on Algerian fractions almost immediately, reflecting how quickly the Regency acknowledged the new sultan.