Turkey AH1168 5 altin

from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 21410

This specimen was lot 21410 in Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY. 5 Altin, AH 1168. Osman III (AH 1168-71 (1754-57)). PCGS Genuine--Damage, EF Details Secure Holder. A VERY RARE large gold issue from this reign. Slightly wavy with a stain at the top that reveals the repair. Included is a Baldwin & Sons envelope attributing this specimen to the king Farouk sale (Cairo, 1954)." The coinage of Osman III is very scanty and this five altin was accompanied by gold three altin (KM 278, KM 279), 1½ altin (KM 275) and a zeri mahbub (KM 270), all rare.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 17.3 g, gold, this specimen 16.77 g.

Catalog reference: KM-282; Wilkes-3336.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
• ^[1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

• Turkey AH1143 3 altin
• AH 1168 10 para
• Turkey AH 1168 3 altin KM-279
• AH 1168 5 altin, wreath border
• Turkey AH 1168(III) zeri mahbub
• Coins and currency dated 1754
• return to coins of Turkey