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Manghir - Ahmed III
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1721 |
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| Value | 1 Mangir (1/4) |
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| Reverse description | Irregular hammered reverse bearing a multi-line Arabic legend in raised relief across a flat, heavily patinated field. The inscription records the pious invocation and mint information, identifying the place of striking as Van and the regnal year in the Hijri calendar. The script is bold and cursive, with pellet ornaments visible within the field, consistent with the rough provincial workmanship typical of Ottoman mangir coinage struck at peripheral Anatolian mints. |
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| Reverse lettering | عز نصره ضرب في وان ١١٣٣ |
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Ahmed III issued this copper manghir during a period Ottoman historians now call the Tulip Era — a brief interval of relative peace, aesthetic indulgence, and deliberate westernization that ended abruptly with the Patrona Halil rebellion of 1730, which forced the sultan's abdication. Copper coinage of this reign is frequently overlooked against the silver and gold issues, but the manghir circulated at the lowest transactional level, passing through hands the imperial treasury never directly touched.