Ottoman Decree of 1296
The Ottoman Decree of 1296[1] (Turkish: Meskûkât-ı Osmaniye Kararnamesi [2]), was a decree concerning monetary systems of the Ottoman Empire. This decree established a bimetallic currency system based on gold and silver in the year 1296 AH (1880 AD).[3]
References
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[edit]- Zvi Yehuda Hershlag, Introduction to the Modern Economic History of the Middle East, Brill Archive, 1980, ISBN 978-90-04-06061-6, p. 62.
- United States. Bureau of the Mint, Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Mint, 1916, p. 177.
- Osman Okyar, Halil İnalcık (ed.), Türkiye'nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi (1071-1920): Birinci Uluslararası Türkiye'nin Sosyal ve Ekonomik Tarihi Kongresi Tebliğleri, Meteksan, 1980, p. 304.