YUZLUK: COIN OF OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Yuzluk (yüzlük), 1791: Ottoman Empire
Ruler: Selim III — 28th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire; tughra of Selim III.
Date on coin: 1789 — the first year of the sultan's reign. The date is specified as AH 1203 (AH: Latin "Anno Hegirae" — "the year of the Hijra"; Islamic calendar).
Istanbul mint.
- Silver (0.465): 45 mm - 31.42 g
- Reference price: 36$
COIN YUZLUK — WHERE & WHEN (coins catalog: by names & emitents)
The name of the coin yuzluk literally means "hundred" (or rather, Turkish "yüz" — one hundred, "yüzlük" — one consisting of 100). Interestingly, one of the dictionaries indicates the following translation of the term: a thing that protects (covers) the face.
