Iraq AH 1223(27) 5 kurush

Stephen Album sale 55, lot 1884

This specimen was lot 1884 in Stephen Album sale 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRAQ: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, BI 5 piastres, Baghdad, AH1223 year 27, minimal weakness, VF-XF, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." This type was struck in Baghdad by the Ottomans in years 26-27. Sulieman the Magnificent conquered Iraq in the sixteenth century and the Turks held it until the end of World War One.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon, 5.5-6.69 g, this specimen 6.96 g.

Catalog reference: KM-A78.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Link to:

• Turkey AH 1223(26) 5 kurush
• Iraq AH 1223(26) 5 kurush
• Turkey AH 1223(27) 20 para
• Iraq AH 1223(28) 2 para = 1834
• Coins and currency dated 1833