Watch List notes:

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush – Liralık (22mm, 7.19 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Adrana (Edirne) mint. Dually dated AH 1327 and RY 2 (AD 1910). Tughra; reshad in Arabic to right; 2 sanat (RY date) in Arabic below; all within laurel wreath with crossed quivers over ties; seven stars above / zarb adrana fi 1327 az nasrah (Struck Adrana [Edirne] in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within laurel wreath; star above. Ölçer, Mehmed 35 312; Sultan 4160; Pere 1008; KM 794; Friedberg 61a. Good VF, traces of underlying luster, circulation marks.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, May 1982.