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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;panzerman, post: 3313646, member: 77704&quot;]Actually this coin was minted in Kostantiniye (Istanbul) formerly Constantinople (Byzantine Capital) So, even though the Ottoman Empire had shrank over past 300 years, it still controlled a vast Empire in 1876. In 1566 (Sulieman the Magnificents) time, the Turkish/ Ottoman Empire stretched from Hungary/ The Balkans/ Greece/ Middle East right to Persia/ included Saudi Arabia/ North Africa. After WWi the Allied Powers carved up the Ottoman Empire, created Colonial Fiefdoms, Saudi Arabia/ where the root of all the troubles in the Middle East stem from today. All this, to punish Mohammed V for picking Kaisers Wihelm II and Franz-Josef as his allies in the Great War.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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