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Kurus - Mustafa II Kostantiniyye mint
| Issuer | Imperial Ottoman Mint |
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| Year | 1695 |
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| Value | 1 Kuruş |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
| Obverse lettering | ضرب في قسطنطينية ١١٠٦ |
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Mustafa II came to the throne in 1695 determined to personally lead Ottoman armies against the Holy League — an ambition that ended catastrophically at the Battle of Zenta in 1697, where Eugene of Savoy destroyed an Ottoman force mid-river crossing and captured the imperial treasury wagons. The kurus itself was a relatively new denomination at this point, introduced in the late 17th century as the Ottoman monetary system attempted to anchor large-denomination silver coinage against chronic debasement pressure. Billon at .425 fineness reflects how far that project had already slipped.