Sezai Omer and Ali Rıza Rural Worker Token

Location Ottoman Empire
Year
Type Trade token
Composition Brass
Weight 3.27 g
Diameter 25.1 mm
Thickness 1 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation
Edge Smooth
Period
Notice
Reference(s) TK#1868
Obverse description Sezai Ömer and Ali Rıza in Ottoman script. Star countermark. The consorsium of Sezai Ömer Madra and Ali Rıza Karagözoğlu were established in 1910s as a olive company in Ayvalik (western Turkey). They operated till 1927 as a consorsium; Madra label still exists as olive oil company. These tokens come in many varieties and they were minted in two denominations for possibly the daily workers picking up the olives from the trees in fields.
Obverse script Arabic
Obverse lettering سراي عمر و علي رضا
(Translation: Sezai Ömer and Ali Rıza)
Reverse description Blank.
Reverse script
Reverse lettering
Mint
Mintage
Numisquare ID 3917988840
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