Item number: A2637

Year: AD 1916 (AH 1335)

Material: Gold

Size: 22.0 x 22.0 mm

Weight: 8.5 g

Provenance: Fuchin Coin 2025

This is a 100 Qirsh gold coin issued in the year AH 1335 (AD 1916) by the Sultanate of Egypt, which at the time had become a British protectorate.

Both the obverse and reverse sides of the coin are encircled by a beaded border. The obverse features the tughra, or stylised calligraphic signature, of Sultan Hussein Kamel, reading “حسين كامل السلطان” (Sultan Hussein Kamel). Beneath the tughra is the Hijri year “١٣٣٣” (1333), corresponding to AD 1914, marking the year of the Sultan’s accession. The lower edge of the coin is adorned with a decorative motif of intertwined laurel branches.

The upper edge of the reverse side bears the denomination “١٠٠ قرش” (100 Qirsh) in Arabic script. At the centre is the inscription of the issuing authority, “السلطَنة المَصريَة” (Sultanate of Egypt). The lower edge features the English denomination “100 PIASTRES” for the benefit of foreign recognition. The coin is further adorned at the bottom with a motif of intertwined laurel branches; flanking the tied knot at the base are the dates of issue, “1916” in the Gregorian calendar on the left and “١٣٣٥” (1335) in the Hijri calendar on the right.

The predecessor of the Sultanate of Egypt was the Khedivate, a regime that nominally recognised the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire. In AD 1914, with the outbreak of World War I, Britain—seeking to protect its substantial interests in Egypt—deposed the then-ruler Abbas II, who was sympathetic to the Ottoman cause. In his place, Britain installed Hussein Kamel as the new ruler and declared Egypt a British protectorate, thereby formally ending the Ottoman Empire’s nominal sovereignty over Egypt.

物件編號: A2637

年代: 公元 1916 年 (回曆 1335 年)

材質: 黃金

尺寸: 22.0 x 22.0 mm

重量: 8.5 g

來源: 福君錢幣 2025

這是一枚回曆1335年 (公元1916年)，彼時成為英國保護國的「埃及蘇丹國」所發行之面額100庫魯什的金幣。

錢幣正反兩面周圍皆有一道環繞的珠圈。錢幣正面是時任蘇丹的海珊·卡米勒專屬花押簽名「حسين كامل السلطان」(蘇丹海珊·卡米勒)。花押底部壓印蘇丹登基的回曆年份「١٣٣٣」(1333)，換算為公元1914年。錢幣下緣則以打結的月桂枝條作為裝飾。

錢幣背面的上緣以阿拉伯文標示面額「١٠٠ قرش」(100 庫魯什)，中間則是打印國名「السلطَنة المَصريَة」(埃及蘇丹國)，下緣則是供外國人辨識的英文面額「100 PIASTRES」(100 皮亞斯特)。錢幣下緣亦有打結的月桂枝條設計，打結處下緣的左右兩側，分別以公元「1916」和回曆「١٣٣٥」(1335) 標示發行年份。

埃及蘇丹國的前身是名義上尊奉鄂圖曼土耳其帝國為宗主國的「赫迪夫」政權。公元1914年，隨著第一次世界大戰的爆發，在埃及擁有龐大利益的英國推翻同情鄂圖曼土耳其帝國的時任統治者阿拔斯二世後，擁立海珊·卡米勒成為新統治者並且將埃及納為英國保護國，就此結束鄂圖曼土耳其帝國名義上對於埃及的統治。