| Issuer | Mamluk Sultanate |
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| Year | 1396-1397 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | 1 Fals (1⁄60) |
| Currency | Dinar (1250-1517) |
| Composition | Copper |
| Weight | 3.7 g |
| Diameter | 20 mm |
| Thickness | 1 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reference(s) | Bal II#590-591 |
| Obverse description | Inscriptions on three lines with the name of the sultan inside a dodecalobe. |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | السلطان الملك الظاهر بو سعيد برقوق خلد ملكه (Translation: al-sultan al-malik al-Zahir bw Sayf Barquq Khalid milkah: `His majesty the Sultan, the ruler al-Zahir Sayf Barquq, the immortal`.) |
| Reverse description | Inscriptions on five lines with the workshop and date in all letters; in the center a chalice charged with a fleur-de-lys separating a part of the legend. |
| Reverse script | Arabic |
| Reverse lettering | ب بد ضر مشق a)ثمان و b) سنة a) تسعين ست b) تسعين تسع وسبعماية (Translation: Duriba bi Damascus City a) theman | wa b) sana a) tis`in | sitt b) tis`in tis wa sebmi`at: a) `Struck in Damascus, [in the year] seven hundred and ninety-eight, [an] six`. (b) `Struck in Damascus in the year seven hundred and ninety-nine`.) |
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| Mint | |
| Mintage | 798 (1396) - Bal #591 (var a) - 799 (1397) - Bal #590 (var b) - |
| Numisquare ID | 6546182210 |
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