Hey Gang! Having trouble figuring this coin out. It's about the size of a US dime. Pretty sure it's Egyptian and from the early 1700's??? And what the heck it might be worth? HELP!!!
I believe this coin is Ottoman, minted in Istanbul showing the year 1115 H (1703 AD), which indicates not neccessarily the year of the actual production of the coin but the year of accession of Sultan Ahmed III, KM 173 Could be wrong Here is another coin that is identified as this: A better picture of another example: http://www.vcoins.com/world/topkapi/store/viewitem.asp?idProduct=247
I agree, that the year is not the actual production of the coin as Drusus said, but there is suppose to be another number above year, it would say exactly after how many years after the reign of sultan Ahmed started. I have a more recent coin of the same sort, an Egyptian coin when Egypt was under the ottoman rule. It got the year and after how many years it was minted. The date is 1293 AH (1876AD), and it was minted after 10 years into Sultan Ahmed's reign. So the actual date of production is 1886. But I see not number above that date in the coin displayed. So may be it was minted the year mentioned on the coin.
