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500 Kurus - Mehmed V Constantinople
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1910-1914 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the ornate tughra of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad, rendered in elaborate calligraphic style with the epithet 'Reshat' incorporated to the left. Radiating lines emanate from behind the tughra, lending a sunburst effect to the composition. The regnal year appears below the tughra in Eastern Arabic numerals. The entire design is enclosed within a finely engraved decorative border of interlaced floral and foliate scrollwork, characteristic of late Ottoman coin design. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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Mehmed V was a constitutional monarch in the strictest sense — restored to the throne by the Young Turk revolution of 1908, he held little independent authority, with the Committee of Union and Progress directing policy throughout his reign. The 500 Kuruş was the empire's highest denomination gold coin, struck at the Istanbul mint during a period when the Ottoman treasury was chronically strained by the Balkan Wars of 1912–13, which stripped the empire of most of its remaining European territory.
The accession year governs the regnal dating on these pieces; the mint mark tughra distinguishes Constantinople strikes from provincial issues.