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The Ottoman Empire was able to demonstrate its power to create one of the most widespread coin histories in the world by minting coins in more than 130 mints since the 14th century. However, seeing that Ottoman coins remained in only a handful of mints since the middle of the 18th century is the most obvious indicator that there were very important changes in Ottoman history and economy.
These developments, which greatly affected the coin minting, can be briefly summarized as follows:
Starting from the accession of Osman III, the 25th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, until the end of the Empire, the states where gold or silver coins were minted, other than Istanbul, were limited to Baghdad, Algeria, Egypt, Tripoli and Tunisia. When the history of these states, which are extremely important for the Ottoman Empire, is examined, interesting common aspects stand out:
In this volume of the work, which is thought to be completed in 9 volumes, the works of Sutan Osman III - Sultan Mustafa III - Sultan Abdülhamid I - Sultan Selim III - Sultan Mustafa IV are included.
Chronological information of their 54-year reign by year
Important historical events of the reign of the sultans
Coin information belonging to the Sultan is given in detail.
In this volume of the work, there are 71 belonging to Sultan Osman III, 460 belonging to Sultan Mustafa III, 401 belonging to Sultan Abdülhamid I, 490 belonging to Sultan Selim III and 490 belonging to Sultan Mustafa IV. Details of 56 gold and silver coins, a total of 1478, are included. In addition, the regional history of the cities where coins were minted in this period was explained and the characteristics of the coins minted in these cities were examined.
At the end of the work, there is an inventory of coins belonging to the Sultans.
