Ottoman Empire. Selim III (1789-1807 AD). 2 Kuruş (.465 silver) (No reserve price)

Ottoman Empire.
Selim III (1789-1807 AD).
2 Kuruş (.465 silver).
Silver, 47.9 mm, 24.59 g.

Obv: Tughra of Selim III, سليم خان بن مصطفى مظفر دائما (“Selim Khan, son of Mustafa, ever victorious”), flanked by small ornamental marks; within a circular border.
Rev: ضرب في [mint] (“Struck at [mint]”), with regnal year above and accession date below; within a circular border.

Reference: Krause, Chester L., and Clifford Mishler, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701–1800, Turkey, KM 504.

Selim III sought to renew Ottoman power through the Nizam-ı Cedid, or “New Order”, creating an army trained along European lines and reforming state finances. His reign unfolded amid wars with Russia and Austria, Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt and growing unrest in the provinces. Opposition to his reforms united threatened interests, including the Janissaries. A rebellion deposed him in 1807, but his programme helped prepare the ground for later Ottoman modernisation.

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