Manghir - Mehmed II Amasya

Mehmed II struck copper manghirs from Amasya while reorganizing Ottoman coinage in the years immediately following the conquest of Constantinople in 1453. Amasya had long functioned as a princely training ground — Mehmed himself had governed there as a young prince — and its mint remained active into his reign as sultan. The manghir, the lowest denominational unit in Ottoman copper, was essential for small daily transactions that silver akçes could not efficiently serve.

The Zeno reference places this among a small documented group; copper survivals from provincial Ottoman mints of this period are frequently corroded beyond attribution.