Para from Egypt of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, regnal year 19 [=1893]
Also known as: Para uit Egypte van de Ottomaanse sultan Abdul Hamid II, regeringsjaar 19 [=1893]
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1893
Nickel coin. Obverse: within a wreath of flowers, tughra with a sprig of leaves to the right. Below the tughra, in two lines, the regnal year: 12. Reverse: within a legend in Arabic letters, including mint place designation: Misr [=Egypt] on denomination designation, 1.
Below denomination designation, accession year: 1293 [=1875]. Plain edge. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as KOG-MP-1-5059B; its record gives material recorded as nickel (metal); technique striking (metalworking); measurements diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.75 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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- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- nickel (metal)
- Technique
- striking (metalworking)
- Dimensions
- diameter 1,5 cm x gewicht (eigenschap) 1,75 g · diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.75 g
- Measurements
- diameter 1.5 cm x weight 1.75 g
Design
- Obverse
- within a wreath of flowers, tughra with a sprig of leaves to the right. Below the tughra, in two lines, the regnal year: 12.
- Reverse
- within a legend in Arabic letters, including mint place designation: Misr [=Egypt] on denomination designation, 1. Below denomination designation, accession year: 1293 [=1875]. Plain edge.
Identification
- Original title
- Para uit Egypte van de Ottomaanse sultan Abdul Hamid II, regeringsjaar 19 [=1893]
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- KOG-MP-1-5059B
- Museum classification
- coin
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- Material
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