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20 Para - Mahmud II type A, flower next to toughra
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1808 |
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| Value | 20 Para (0.5) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by the elaborate calligraphic tughra of Sultan Mahmud II, rendered in bold relief with characteristic sweeping strokes, looped stems, and a small flower ornament positioned adjacent to the monogram. The tughra is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by an outer decorative border of alternating raised dots and geometric elements. The design is struck on a broad, irregular planchet typical of Ottoman provincial billon coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | محمود (Translation: Mahmud) |
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Tripoli's regency coinage under Mahmud II occupied an awkward administrative space — nominally Ottoman, practically autonomous under the Karamanli dynasty, which had seized power in 1711 and held it through a combination of piracy revenue and careful tribute diplomacy with Constantinople. By 1808, that arrangement was fraying. The flower-adjacent toughra placement on this type is a minor die distinction within the series, not a decorative whim, and collectors conflate the variants regularly.