Turkey 1947 50 kurush Fr-221
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This specimen was lot 33921 in Heritage sale 3064 (Chicago, April 2018), where it sold for $384. The catalog description[1] noted, "Republic gold 50 Kurush 1947 MS66 NGC. A nearly flawless presentation issue with full details and plenty of golden luster." This type was minted 1943-49 to the standard of the old Ottoman fifty kurush monnaie de luxe. Most of these were minted with the portrait of Ataturk (KM 871) but a few were made with Ismet Inonu's bust, as here.
Recorded mintage: 3,481.
Specification: 3.51 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 0.1034 oz.
Catalog reference: KM 876, Fr-221 (formerly Fr-107).
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach and Warren Tucker, Heritage World Coin Auction 3064, featuring the Doug Robins Collection of Canadian Tokens, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2018.
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