Egypt AH 1277(11) 50 qirsh

Heritage sale 357, part of lot 13309

Courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries

The coin shown is a gold fifty qirsh from the reign of Sultan Abdul Aziz. It was struck at the Cairo Mint. The obverse bears the toughra, or signature, of the sultan. Below the toughra is the denomination (qirsh), abbreviated as 'sh', with the number 50 above. The reverse carries the ascension date and the text minted in Misr (Misr is Arabic for Egypt). The date is written as AH 1277 year 11, which translates to about 1870 AD. Uslu^[1] lists this issue as very rare.

The coin pictured was part of lot 13309 and sold on Sept 9, 2004 at the 2004 September (HWCA) Signature Sale #357 by Heritage Auctions for $207. The catalog description noted,

"Abdul Aziz gold 50 Piastres 1277AH Year 11, very scarce date and type. AVF, surfaces porous due to alloy problems. From the Lake Pearl Middle Eastern Collection."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.274 g, 0.875 gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-83 (formerly Fr-12), KM 262.

Sources:

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.
Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
^[1]Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.

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