Tunisia AH 1246 piastre

Goldberg sale 100, lot 2778

This specimen was lot 2778 in Goldberg sale 100 (Los Angeles, September 2017), where it sold for $105.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Tunisia. Piastre, AH1246 (1831). Lightly toned and lustrous. NGC graded AU-58." This type was struck AH 1240-1255 in the name of Mahmud II in Constantinople. The lucky bidder of this lot obtained a bargain, as this coin is rare in choice condition. AH 1246 ran from June 1830 to June 1831. Sixteen kharub made a piastre or riyal, the largest silver coin issued in Tunisia in the early nineteenth century.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: billon, 11-11.5 g.

Catalog reference: KM-90.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, John Lavender, Yifu Che, Jason Villareal and Stephen Harvey, Goldberg Sale 100: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2017.

Link to:

• AH 1244 piastre
• AH 1241 4 kharub
• AH 1245 billon 2 piastres
• AH 1255 piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1830