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20 Para - Selim III
Country: Egypt (Eyalet)
Denomination: 20 Para = 1/2 Piastre
(0.5 XOTP)
Year: 1203 (1801-1802)
Material: Silver
Weight: 6.158 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 28 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: egypt eyalet
Description:
Obverse
The official seal, or tughra of the monarch [at that time Egypt was a part of the Ottoman Empire so it should be the seal of the Ottoman Sultan Selim III, kindly compare with Selim III's seal on Ottoman 1/2 altin coin KM 520)]
Reverse
13 [13th year of the reign of the monarch (believed to have been the Ottoman Sultan Selim III)] /over/ [?minted?] /over/ msr [Misr is the Arabic name of Egypt] /over/ 1203 [AH, Islamic calendar, first year of monarch's reign. date struck would be 1203 + 13 = 1216, or about 1801 CE/AD give or take due conversion of lunar calendar.]
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