Turkey 1947 500 kurush Fr-218

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Künker sale 336, lot 6275

This specimen was lot 6275 in Künker sale 336 (Osnabrück, Germany, March 2020), where it sold for €1,900 (about US$2,486 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"TÜRKEI, Republik seit 1923. 500 Piaster 1947. Luxusprägung. 32,16 g Feingold. GOLD. Vorzüglich-Stempelglanz. (republic of Turkey, 500 kurush of 1947, monnaie de luxe. Extremely fine to uncirculated.)"

This type was minted 1943-49 to the standard of the old Ottoman 500 kurush monnaie de luxe. Most of these were minted with the portrait of Ataturk (KM 874) but a few were made with Ismet Inonu's bust, as here.

Recorded mintage: 3,699 (including KM 874 with Ataturk).

Specification: 35.08 g, 0.917 fine gold.

Catalog reference: KM 879, Fr-218 (formerly Fr-104); Schl. 1194.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • 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]Künker Münzauktionen und Goldhandel, Catalog 336: Gold coins from all over the World|German Coins after 1871. Osnabrück: Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co., AG, 2020.

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