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Subhi Pasha Factory Token

Subhi Pasha Factory Token - obverseSubhi Pasha Factory Token - reverse

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Features

Location Ottoman Empire
Sultan Mehmed V Reşâd (1909-1918)
Type Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Years 1909-1918
Currency Lira (1844-1923)
Composition Copper-nickel
Weight 9.5 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
468423

Obverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering:
پاشا
صبحي
فابريقه سى

Translation: Subhi Pasha Factory

Reverse

Script: Arabic

Lettering: اطنه

Translation: Adana

Edge

Plain

Comments

This is a wage token used at the Subhi Pasha cotton factory. Subhi Pasha was a major local magnate in the late Ottoman and early Republican period in Adana, and his factory was one of the major cotton export factories in the city. 

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1909-1918)  Adana

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