Algeria AH 1237 2 budju
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This specimen was lot 55445 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALGERIA. 2 Budju, AH 1237 (1822). Mahmud II. NGC EF-45." Algeria formed part of the Ottoman Empire from 1518 AD (AH 924). However, as the centuries wore on, the region became a haven for piracy and was only nominally ruled by the Turks. This type was struck AH 1236-1244 just before the French conquest.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: KM-75.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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