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Yüzlük - Selīm III Islambol mint
| Issuer | Imperial Ottoman Mint |
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| Year | 1789-1807 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely occupied by a multi-line calligraphic inscription in Arabic script, arranged within a series of horizontal registers framed by a ruled rectangular border. The text comprises the full royal titulature of Sultan Selim III, reading 'Sultan of the two lands and Khagan of the two seas, Sultan son of Sultan.' The inscription is executed in a bold, formal naskh style. A decorative floral or foliate ornament appears to the left of the central panel. The whole is surrounded by a beaded outer border consistent with the obverse. |
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Selim III inherited a treasury hollowed out by decades of war with Russia and Austria, and the yüzlük was among the debased coinages issued to bridge chronic fiscal shortfalls during his reign. The billon content reflects not an isolated policy choice but a monetary system in managed collapse — silver fractions had been quietly reduced across multiple denominations throughout the late eighteenth century.
Selim was deposed in 1807 by Janissaries opposed to his Nizam-ı Cedid military reforms. Coins of his reign at Islambol are therefore confined to an eighteen-year window that ended violently.