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5 Kurus - Abdülhamid II 'el-Ghazi' right of Toughra
| Issuer | Ottoman Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1876-1908 |
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| Thickness | 1.55 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents three lines of bold Arabic calligraphic inscription in the central field, reading 'عز نصره' (May his victory be glorified) in the upper register, 'ضرب في قسطنطينيّة' (Struck in Constantinople) in the middle register, and the Hijri accession year '١٢٩٣' (1293) in the lower register. The legends are arranged within a scalloped lobed border identical in style to that of the obverse, and the surrounding field is decorated with a beaded rim punctuated by five-pointed stars and small floral devices, lending the coin its characteristic Ottoman aesthetic. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
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The 'el-Ghazi' epithet added to Abdülhamid II's toughra on this series commemorates his symbolic role in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78 — a conflict the Ottomans decisively lost, ceding vast Balkan territories under the Treaty of Berlin. The title, meaning "Warrior for the Faith," was a political confection designed to shore up the sultan's religious authority precisely as his territorial one collapsed.
KM#737 spans the entirety of Abdülhamid's 33-year reign, meaning examples struck in the 1870s and those from the years just before his 1909 deposition share the same type classification despite decades of die degradation between them.