Egypt AH 1277(15) 100 qirsh
The coin shown is a gold hundred 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. There is a flower to the right of the toughra. Below the toughra is the denomination (qirsh), abbreviated as 'sh', with the number 100 ("١٠٠") above. The reverse carries the accession date and the text minted in Misr (Misr is Arabic for Egypt). The date is written as AH 1277 year 15, which translates to about 1874 AD. Uslu[2] lists this issue as rare.
The coin pictured was lot 13096 in Heritage Auction Galleries sale 397 (New York, January 2006), where it sold for $345. The catalog description noted, "Abdul Aziz gold 100 Piastres 1277AH Year 15, choice lustrous AU-UNC, boldly struck and unusually attractive for this era."
Recorded mintage: 20,000[1].
Specification: 8.54 g, 0.875 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM 263, Fr-85 (formerly Fr-11a).
- 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]Bruce, Colin R., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 5th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2006.
- [2]Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
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