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12 1/2 Kurus - Abdülhamid II
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1900-1908 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#745 |
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| Obverse lettering | عبد الحميد |
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| Mintage | 1293 (1900) 25 - - 720 1293 (1901) 26 - - 720 1293 (1902) 27 - - 720 1293 (1903) 28 - - 800 1293 (1903) 29 - - 11,696 1293 (1904) 30 - - 13,208 1293 (1905) 31 - - 24,504 1293 (1906) 32 - - 14,392 1293 (1907) 33 - - 13,032 1293 (1908) 34 - - |
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These fractional gold pieces were struck at the Constantinople mint during the final, paranoid years of Abdülhamid II's reign, a period when the sultan rarely left Yıldız Palace and governed through an extensive network of spies and censors. The tiny size made them practical for everyday transactions at a time when Ottoman finances were already compromised by the Public Debt Administration, the European-controlled body established in 1881 to manage the empire's defaulted obligations.
KM#745 is distinguished by the regnal year expressed in the AH calendar dating from Abdülhamid's accession rather than the Hijri year of striking — a distinction that trips up inexperienced collectors when attributing precise mint years.