20 para from Turkey of Sultan Mohammed V, regnal year 3 [= 1911]
Also known as: 20 para uit Turkije van sultan Mohammed V, regeringsjaar 3 [=1911]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1911
Nickel coin. Obverse: between two tied branches a circle containing a tughra with the indication in Arabic letters to its right: reshat. Below the tughra, regnal year indication: 3.
Reverse: within two branches, containing the accession year indication: 1327 [= 1909], a circle containing in two lines the value indication: 20 para. In the legend in Arabic letters, the mint indication: Constantinople. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-3758B; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 2.1 cm x weight 4.01 g.
Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- nickel (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 2.1 cm x weight 4.01 g · diameter 2,1 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 4,01 g
- Measurements
- diameter 2.1 cm x weight 4.01 g
Design
- Obverse
- between two tied branches a circle containing a tughra with the indication in Arabic letters to its right: reshat. Below the tughra, regnal year indication: 3.
- Reverse
- within two branches, containing the accession year indication: 1327 [= 1909], a circle containing in two lines the value indication: 20 para. In the legend in Arabic letters, the mint indication: Constantinople. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- 20 para uit Turkije van sultan Mohammed V, regeringsjaar 3 [=1911]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-3758B
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Issue or mint date
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- Material
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Catalogue references
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