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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrsmat71, post: 1933271, member: 42634&quot;]hi all,</p><p>before i went of vacation i purchased this coin, it was waiting on my in the mailbox when i came back...so doesn&#039;t count as falling off the wagon.&nbsp;&nbsp; it was only 6 bucks, i couldn&#039;t say no to a coin type i didn&#039;t have.&nbsp; i also told vlaha i would try to do a black background picture, so after much trouble, here&#039;s my coin and new photo...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/blackback_zps78f157e2.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s1241.photobucket.com/user/chrsmat71/media/eastern%20coins/blackback_zps78f157e2.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg513/chrsmat71/eastern%20coins/blackback_zps78f157e2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Sultan Bayezid II</p><p>1481-1512</p><p>Silver Akce</p><p>Bursa mint (?)</p><p>12 mm (at widest&nbsp; point)</p><p>0.9g</p><p><br /></p><p>Bayezid II was the successor (and son) of Mehmed II who captured Constantinople.&nbsp; An interesting guy&nbsp; regarding treatment of&nbsp; Spanish Jews that were fleeing the inquisition, and he founded one of the first medical schools.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayezid_II" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayezid_II" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayezid_II</a></p><p><br /></p><p>two questions:</p><p>1. does anyone know what it says?&nbsp; does it have a date? or refer to the mint?</p><p><br /></p><p>2 . considering this is right on my medievel/modern coin border (1500 were i cut it off usually), should i put this with my modern coins or ancient/medieval coins?&nbsp; i assume these were hammered (off flan partially, strange shapes on several), so i&#039;m leaning toward medieval.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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