Turkey 1923(43) 500 kurush Fr-203

Steve Album sale 30, lot 995

This specimen was lot 995 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $1,586.25. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: AV 500 kurush, 1923 year 43 (1966), mintage 4914, NGC graded MS65. This is the only specimen of this type, all dates, that has been graded MS65, with none higher." This type was struck in limited quantities in 1941 and 1950-2010. A 500 kurush monnaie de luxe (Fr-208) also exists.

Recorded mintage: 4,914.

Specification: 36.08 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.0638 troy oz AGW.

Catalog reference: KM-859, Fr-203 (formerly Fr-89).

Source:

• 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.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

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