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Sultani - Suleyman I Algiers
| Issuer | Regency of Algiers (Algeria) |
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| Year | 1520 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse lettering | لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله [Date: ٩٢٦] |
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| Mintage | 926 (1520) |
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The Algerian regency began taking shape almost simultaneously with this coin's production — Hayreddin Barbarossa was consolidating Ottoman suzerainty over the city in precisely these years, having invited the Porte's formal protection in 1519. Striking gold in Suleyman's name was a political act as much as a monetary one, broadcasting the new dynastic alignment to every merchant and trader who handled the coin.
Album 1317 covers a type notorious among collectors for inconsistent centering and irregular flans, a product of local workshop conditions rather than metropolitan Ottoman minting standards.