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40 Para 1916, "el-Ghazi" to the right of the Tughra [Ottoman Empire]

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40 Para 1916, "el-Ghazi" to the right of the Tughra [Ottoman Empire]
  • Country: Ottoman Empire
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 6.1 g
  • Name: "el-Ghazi" to the right of the Tughra
  • Metal: Nickel
  • Designation: Ni
  • Denomination: 40 Para
  • Currency Unit: Para
  • Orientation: Medallic
  • Summary: KM# 779
  • Diameter: 23.8 mm
  • Reverse
    At the top, along the edge arc, a two-line inscription in Ottoman Turkish: "دولة عثمانيةضرب في قسطنطينية" - "OTTOMAN EMPIRE STRUCK IN CONSTANTINOPLE". In the center - 40 para in Ottoman script: "٤٠ پاره". Below - the accession year of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed V: "١٣٢٧" - 1327 AH (Islamic calendar) or 1909 AD. Decorative raised denticles are placed along the rim.
  • Obverse
    At the top, along the edge arc, an inscription in Ottoman Turkish: "حرية مساواة عدالة" - "LIBERTY, EQUALITY, JUSTICE". In the center - the Tughra. Below, a two-line inscription in Ottoman script: "٨ سنة", which translates as: "8th YEAR". Decorative raised denticles are placed along the rim.

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