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10 Para - Abdulaziz
| Issuer | Egypt |
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| Year | 1870-1876 |
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| Currency | Pound (1834-1916) |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | ١١ ضرب في مصر ١٢٧٧ (Translation: Struck in Egypt 1277) |
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Abdülaziz's Egyptian coinage of this period reflects the khedivate's peculiar dual position: nominally Ottoman territory, practically autonomous under Khedive Ismail, who was busy spending Egypt into bankruptcy on infrastructure projects and the Suez Canal ceremonies. The Istanbul mint supplied some dies; Cairo struck its own. At 0.3 g of .900 silver, this denomination was barely a coin by any practical measure, and most examples that survived did so by accident rather than deliberate preservation.