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1/20 Qirsh 1894 [Egypt]

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1/20 Qirsh 1894 [Egypt]
  • Country: Egypt
  • Shape: Round
  • Weight: 3.12 g
  • Metal: Bronze
  • Composition: Cu-Al-Ni
  • Denomination: 1/20 Qirsh
  • Currency: Qirsh
  • Orientation: Medal alignment
  • Reference: KM# 288
  • Diameter: 20.1 mm
  • Reverse
    At the top, a three-line inscription in Ottoman Turkish: 'ضرب في مصر' - 'STRUCK IN EGYPT'. Below, the denomination: 'نصف من عشر القرش' - 'one twentieth of a qirsh'. Beneath that, the year of Abdul Hamid II's accession according to the Hijri calendar: '١٢٩٣' - 1293 AH or 1876 AD.
  • Obverse
    In the center, the tughra of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II. To its right, a depiction of a rose flower. At the bottom, a two-line inscription in Ottoman Turkish indicates the 19th year of the Sultan's reign: '١٩سنه'.

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