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1 Para - Osman III Kostantiniyye mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1755 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a multi-line Arabic inscription in the central field, recording the mint name Kostantiniyye (Constantinople) and the regnal year 1168 AH, with the phrase 'duriba fi Kostantiniyye' indicating the place of striking. The text is arranged in stacked horizontal registers, with the numeral 1168 visible at the base of the inscription. The field is enclosed by a rope or cable border running along the inner rim, a typical decorative feature of Ottoman billon para coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse lettering | ضرب في كستنطينية ١١٦٨ |
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Osman III ruled for fewer than three years (1754–1757), making his coinage among the scarcest of any eighteenth-century Ottoman sultan. He was known primarily for his hostility toward non-Muslims and his prohibition of non-Muslim dress that mimicked Ottoman styles — a reign defined more by internal social restriction than any military or economic ambition. The Kostantiniyye mint continued producing these small billon pieces at low weights already reflecting decades of debasement in the akçe and para series.