Egypt AH 1255(9) 20 para
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This specimen was lot 2303 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $565.25. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AR 20 para, AH1255 year 9, Unc." This type, worth half a qirsh, was struck years 1-23.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.66 g, 0.833 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-227.
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- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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