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Description:
Obverse
View of the famous Crusader Knights fortress, seen against the backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea.
Reverse
View of the ancient fortress walls, with the famous Khan-el-Umdan caravanseraie and its clock tower, erected to celebrate the 25th year of the reign of the notorious Ottoman “Butcher of Acre”, Sultan Suleiman Abdul Hamid II. The reverse also shows the subterranean Crusader Knights’ Hall, the famous White Mosque and other buildings on the Acre skyline.
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