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5 Para - Mahmud I Copper
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1731 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears the tughra of Sultan Mahmud I rendered in dense, cursive Arabic calligraphy, executed in the hammered style characteristic of early 18th-century Ottoman provincial coinage. The inscription is set within a roughly circular flan with irregular edges typical of hand-struck copper issues. The calligraphic device is raised in relief against a flat, unadorned field, with no additional border or decorative elements. The overall style reflects the aesthetic conventions of Ottoman imperial monogram coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Arabic |
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Mahmud I came to power in 1730 on the back of the Patrona Halil rebellion, a violent popular uprising that deposed his predecessor Ahmed III and executed the grand vizier Nevşehirli Damat İbrahim Pasha. This coin was struck in the immediate aftermath of that upheaval, during a period when the new sultan was consolidating authority and the Ottoman monetary system was already under strain from decades of debasement in the copper follis and mangır series. KM#39 represents one of the early copper issues of his reign, a reign that would ultimately last until 1754.