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| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1909 |
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| Currency | Lira (1844-1923) |
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| Obverse lettering | ١ سنة (Translation: Year 1) |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Mehmed V was sultan in name more than in practice — the 1908 Young Turk Revolution had reduced the throne to a constitutional figurehead before he even ascended. The Bursa mint, one of several provincial facilities operating under the reorganized imperial coinage system, struck this issue in the accession year under those radically altered political conditions. Bursa's output for this type was modest compared to Constantinople, and provincial gold from this period sees uneven survival.