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40 Para - Mahmud II type B
| Issuer | Tripoli, Regency of |
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| Year | 1827-1831 |
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| Diameter | 34 mm |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is divided into four horizontal registers of bold Arabic calligraphy enclosed within a beaded border, bearing the full honorific title of the Ottoman Sultan. The inscription proclaims his sovereignty over two lands and two seas, and affirms his dynastic lineage as Sultan, son of the Sultan. The script is rendered in a large, formal Thuluth style filling the entire field. No additional devices or symbols are present. |
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The Regency of Tripoli operated under Ottoman suzerainty but enjoyed considerable practical autonomy under the Karamanli dynasty — until it didn't. This issue falls precisely within the years Yusuf Karamanli's authority was collapsing under the weight of civil war, a blockading American squadron, and debts he could not service. By 1835, the Ottomans used the chaos as pretext to reassign direct control, ending over a century of Karamanli rule. Coins from this terminal window are products of a regime running out of time.
Billon quality varies sharply across this type, reflecting inconsistent local silver supplies during the fiscal crisis.