The find of a half of a gold Ottoman coin from Kopce village (Janów Lubelski county). A contribution to the study of the circumstances of the inflow of Ottoman coins to the Polish lands till the beginning of the twentieth century

The article presents a recent find of a half of Sultan Mahmud II’s gold coin dated at 1828–1829 AD and presents it in the context of other finds of Ottoman coins in the Polish lands till the beginning of the twentieth century. The authors point out that this is probably the first find of this ruler’s gold coin and one of few recorded finds of Mahmud II’s coins in the former and present territory of Poland.