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10 Kurus - Mehmed V Manastir mint
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Weight | 12.027 g |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a multi-line Arabic inscription in bold calligraphic script arranged within an ornate cartouche formed by interlocking crescents and stars, mirroring the obverse decorative scheme. The upper portion reads 'عز نصره' (May he be victorious), followed by 'ضرب في مناستر' (Struck in Manastir), identifying the Manastir mint located in present-day Bitola, North Macedonia. The Hijri date '١٣٢٧' (1327 AH) appears at the base of the inscription. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border consistent with Ottoman milled coinage of this period. |
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Manastır (Bitola, in present-day North Macedonia) operated as an Ottoman mint only briefly in the early twentieth century, striking coins during a period when the empire was hemorrhaging territory in the Balkans. The 1911 date places this issue just one year before the First Balkan War, after which the city itself was lost to Serbia — effectively ending the mint's operation under Ottoman authority.
KM#804 pieces from Manastır are notably scarcer than their Constantinople counterparts.