1 Para - Abdulhamid I

Abdulhamid I came to the throne in 1774, the same year Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca — arguably the most damaging territorial concession in Ottoman history to that point. Tripoli, nominally under Istanbul's authority but effectively run by the Karamanli dynasty since 1711, continued striking its own copper coinage with minimal interference from the Porte. The para denomination was the workhorse of small commerce in the regency, changing hands in the souks for basic goods while silver and gold remained largely in merchant and corsair hands.