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20 Para - Selim III type 1

Emittent Regency of Tripoli
Jahr 1795
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Nennwert 20 Para (0.5)
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Aversbeschreibung Central rectangular cartouche containing multi-line Arabic inscription with the regnal titles and name of Sultan Selim III, with the AH date 1209 appearing in the lower portion of the cartouche. The cartouche is framed by a decorative border of diagonal hatching or floral ornaments at the corners, with a beaded outer rim encircling the entire field. The strike is characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Tripolitan Regency, with a somewhat irregular flan.
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Auflage 1209 (1795) - ١٢٠٩ [Unlisted in Krause]
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Tripoli's regency coinage of this period occupies a strange administrative space — the Karamanli dynasty had governed the province with near-total autonomy since 1711, paying nominal tribute to Constantinople while conducting independent foreign policy, waging its own wars, and signing its own treaties. Coins struck in Selim III's name were a diplomatic courtesy as much as anything else. The Ottoman sultan's tughra provided legitimacy on paper; the Karamanlis kept the revenue.

KM#58 is among the heavier silver issues from the Tripoli mint in this decade, a period when the regency's finances were substantially underwritten by tribute extracted from European merchant shipping.