On the 25 Kuruş from Turkey, the reverse is described as: “Crescent and Star (National Emblem of Turkey), a Kufic calligraphic, and the value along with the date”. The comments go on to note that “Kufic is the oldest calligraphic form of the various Arabic scripts developed in the 7th century.”: N#6164
But does anyone KNOW what the Kufic calligraphy on the coin actually says please?
And are we sure it IS calligraphy at all and not just a decorative design (it does look completely symmetrical, which seems unusual for writing). The decorative gold bullion 25 Kuruş has what more appears to be calligraphy: N#56980
I don't see how this can be considered kufic calligraphy. IMHO, it's neither kufic nor calligraphy. Those ornaments are entirely symmetric and they don't look like any rendition of any Arabic (or old Turkish) words (in which case they wouldn't be fully symmetric). The style is also too round for approximating Kufic. Here are exmples of the Kufic style of writing (calligraphy).
Hello, there is no Kufic calligraphy on this coin; it is entirely written in Latin letters. The Arabic script has been replaced in Turkey, so it wouldn't make sense to use it on a coin. What you are referring to, are decorative ornament and has nothing to do with Kufic.
I did do both, but now I can't see my proposed update and the description remains the original. Does anyone have more access than I do to see if my update simply hasn't been actioned yet, or if it has been deleted / declined with no comment back to me?
It just threw me that when I looked up the coin itself it didn't show anything - I thought it did (though thinking back on it, I think that's when you CREATE a new entry entirely and then go in and look at it).
That's ok - no rush at all. Thanks for the reminder where to look :)
