Akche - Selim I Giray First reign, Bakhchysarai

Selim I Giray's first reign began in 1671 under heavy Ottoman pressure — the Porte effectively controlled Giray appointments throughout the late seventeenth century, and khans were removed and reinstated with some regularity. Selim himself would reign four separate times, an unusual record even by Crimean standards.

Bakhchysarai had served as the khanate's capital since the early sixteenth century, and its mint produced these tiny silver akches as the fractional workhorses of local commerce. At 0.26 g, they were already well below the weight of earlier Crimean issues, reflecting a long debasement trend across Ottoman-sphere coinage.