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2 Kurus - Mehmed V Selanik mint
| Issuer | Imperial Ottoman Mint |
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| Year | 1909 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a two-line Arabic calligraphic inscription in the central field reading the pious invocation 'Azze Nasruhu' (May he be victorious) above the mint name 'Selanik' (Thessaloniki), with the Hijri date '1327' displayed prominently at the base of the design. Eleven six-pointed stars are arranged evenly around the field, mirroring the obverse layout, and the coin is finished with a uniform beaded border at the rim. The lettering is executed in a bold Ottoman calligraphic style consistent with late Hamidian and early Reşad-era coinage. |
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Mehmed V came to power not through succession in any traditional sense but as a direct product of the Young Turk revolution of 1908, installed by the Committee of Union and Progress after Abdülhamid II was forced to restore the constitution. This coin was struck at Selanik — Thessaloniki — the very city where the CUP had been founded and where the revolutionary movement had its deepest roots. The mint operated there only briefly before the Balkan Wars stripped the city from Ottoman control in 1912, ending Selanik's role in imperial coinage permanently.