Egypt AH 1106 sherifi altin

Steve Album sale 32, lot 498

This specimen was lot 498 in Stephen Album sale 32 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "EGYPT: Mustafa III, 1695-1703, AV sherifi altin, Misr, DM (1106), pre-reform issue, quite rare, date off flan, pierced, Fine to VF, R, ex Hazerfans Collection." This and a billon para (KM 60) are the only Egyptian issues for this sultan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.50 g, gold, this specimen 2.89 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-15, KM-62.

Sources:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed., Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Mitchiner, Michael, The World of Islam, London: Hawkins Publications, 2000.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014
• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 32, featuring the Don Erickson Collection of German Coins, Part II and the Hazerfans Collection of Ottoman Empire Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• Egypt AH 1102 sherifi altin
• Egypt AH 1115 sherifi altin Ahmed III
• Coins and currency dated 1695
• return to coins of Egypt