Hi All
This further research was done. Stephen
Album's view dates back to the late 90s. Well according to
Nuri Pere who published a extended
work on
Ottoman Coins in the 60 the coin labelled as
Nuri Pere 1 is identified as the first
Ottoman Mangir. However experts such as Slobodan Srekovic argued that this coin is a
modern forgery. Though the coin is in a museum in Istanbul and it is broken and holed. If you go to
www.zeno.ru then to
Islamic coins and then
Ottoman and click the Osman folder then you will see this coin there. This coin is unique. Moreover just this year another example was found which looks similar to Ilkhanid coinage and was mistaken as an Anatolian Beylik coin that has now been IDed as Osman Ghazi. This coin's image can be viewed in the April or May issue of the Turkish Numismatic Society.
Best wishes,
Burak