Iraq AH 1143 5 para
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This specimen was lot 470 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $2,160. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRAQ: Mahmud I, 1730-1754, AR 5 para, Baghdad, AH1143, some slight weakness, VF, RR, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." This type is also known struck in copper. Ottoman issues for Iraq are all rare.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.64 g, billon, this specimen 2.28 g.
Catalog reference: UBK-24.001.00, KM-39a.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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