Something is strange here. 1896 Egypt was not part of Ottoman empire.
Mohamed Ali had declare indepentance 1840 and in mid 1882 the British colonized Egypt.
Is this coin a sultan's "wish" or Misr goes with something else here?
From late 18th century till early 20th ottoman empire was falling in pieces. Corruption in capital, european antagonists and ethnic revorlts. If it was not Kemal and "Neoturks" movement to stop the destruction, I dont know how the turkish state could be now days.
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