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10 Kurus - Mehmed V 'Reshat' right of Toughra
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1909-1915 |
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| Composition | Silver (.830) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by the ornate tughra (imperial monogram) of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad, rendered in fine calligraphic relief. The epithet 'Reshad' appears to the right of the tughra. Below the tughra, the regnal year number is inscribed in Arabic numerals within the field. The entire design is enclosed by a decorative border of alternating crescents and five-pointed stars, with a fine beaded outer rim encircling the coin. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mehmed V was sultan in name while the Committee of Union and Progress governed in fact — the 1908 Young Turk Revolution had reduced the throne to a constitutional formality before he even ascended. The "Reshat" epithet, a pen name he had used as a poet in earlier life, was incorporated into coinage to distinguish him from prior sultans sharing the Mehmed name, an unusual personal touch in Ottoman numismatic convention.
The series ran through the First World War, during which silver coinage became increasingly difficult to sustain. Later dates in the run show reduced production as the empire's finances deteriorated sharply after 1914.