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Manghir - Anonymous attributed to the second reign of Mehmed II, Constantinople
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1451-1481 |
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| Currency | Akçe (1327-1687) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a centrally placed six-pointed star (hexagram) occupies the field. An outer beaded border frames the entire design, lending the coin its characteristic decorative perimeter typical of Ottoman copper coinage of this period. |
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| Mint | Constantinople (Kostantiniyye) Mint |
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Mehmed II's second reign began in 1451 after the brief, disastrous interlude of his father Murad II's forced return to the throne — a period that had exposed the young sultan's inexperience. The conquest of Constantinople in 1453 prompted an immediate reorganization of the Ottoman monetary system, and the Constantinople mint, operating from the conquered city, became a primary source of small copper coinage for everyday transactions in the newly renamed capital.
Anonymous attribution on these manghirs is the rule rather than the exception, making individual reign assignment a matter of typological inference rather than direct reading.