93-Day Reign

CNG 109, Lot: 799. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Murad V. AH 1293 / AD 1876. AV 100 Qirsh (22mm, 8.44 g, 12h). Struck under Isma'il, as khedive. Misr (Cairo) mint. Dually dated AH 1293 and RY 1 of Murad V (AD 1876). Toughra of Murad V; floral spray to right; 100 sh in Arabic (value) below / zarb/fi/misr in Arabic in three lines; AH date below; RY above be of zarb. Damalı 33-MS-A1-1; Sultan –; Pere –; KM 272; Friedberg 16. Good VF, a couple of rim bruises. Very rare.

Upon the deposition of his predecessor and uncle Abdul Aziz, Murad V ruled from 30 May to 31 August 1876, when he was himself deposed on the grounds of mental illness in favor of his younger brother, Abdul Hamid II (31 August 1876-27 April 1909).