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Piastre or kurush from Tunisia of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [=1831]
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Piastre or kurush from Tunisia of the Ottoman sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [=1831]

1831 · striking (metalworking); silver (metal)

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Copper-silver coin. Obverse: four-line inscription in Arabic letters, on third line name of the sultan: Mahmud. Reverse: within multi-line three-line inscription in Arabic letters with mint indication: Tunis. At the bottom year: 1246 [=1831].

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Credit linePiastre of kurush uit Tunesië van de Ottomaanse sultan Mahmud II, 1246 [=1831]. 1831. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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