Egypt AH 1293(1) 100 qirsh Fr-87
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This specimen was lot 664 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $1,328. The catalog description[1] noted, "EGYPT: Murad V, 1876, AV 100 qirsh, Misr, AH1293 year 1, bold EF, R, ex Gamal Amer Collection." Murad V ruled only three months before being overthrown. All his coinage is rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 8.544 g, 0.875 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-272, Fr-87 (formerly Fr-16).
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- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- 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 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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