Description: The oval in the center of Arabic script is a 5 in Arabic to indicate that it is 5/10 of a Qirsh (presumably their math functioned well and it could also be called 1/2 of a Qirsh). The date 1293 is below the oval, with the 1 and 9 looking very similar to 1's and 9's in the English-using world. The Tughra, or Sultan's signature is on the other side in the center of the flowered wreath. It is calligraphy consisting of (as Wikipedia puts it): "two loops on the left side, three vertical lines in the middle, stacked writing on the bottom and two extensions to the right. Each of these elements has a specific meaning, and together they make up the form that is easily recognizable as a tughra." Beneath the tughra is the script for 011 as shown by a dot and two downward slashes. I'm not entirely certain what this means, but eBay seems to think it is the year of a ruler's reign. I don't entirely understand this because Abdul Hamid II became ruler in 1876 and thus would have been in the 10th year of his rule in 1885, not the 11th. But then the Islamic Calendar doesn't match up evenly with the Gregorian, so that probably explains it. I did research on the internet to find all this out. I am not by any means proficient in MIddle Eastern history or coins.
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Denomination: .5 Qirsh
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Year: 1293 1885
Grade: Ungraded
KM Number: 291
Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
Certification: Uncertified
