Turkey AH1255(8) 50 kurush Fr-124

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Sincona sale 59, lot 2329
Stephen Album sale 37, lot 700
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The first specimen was lot 2329 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it sold for 400 CHF (about US$485 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"OSMANISCHES REICH | ´Abd al-Majîd, 1255-1277 H./1839-1861 AD, 50 Kurush 1255 H./Jahr 8, Edirne. Auf den Besuch des Sultans in Edirne mit Münzstättenangabe Edirne. Tughra mit Blume auf Lorbeerzweigen und Pfeilköchern, Münzstättenangabe und Datum des Regierungsanfangs. Sehr selten. Sehr schön. (Turkey, Abdul Mejid, 1839-61, gold fifty kurush of AH 1255, year 8, Adrianople mint, for the visit of the sultan. Very rare, Very fine.)"

The second specimen was lot 700 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $386.75. The catalog description[2] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AV 50 kuruş, Edirne, AH1255 year 8, city visit issue, but struck at Kostantiniye, VF, R." Two commemoratives, a gold hundred kuruş and this fifty kuruş, were struck for the sultan's visit to Adrianople. Regular fifty kuruş (KM 678) were also struck this year.

Recorded mintage: 10,000.

Specifications: 3.60 g, 0.917 fine gold, the first specimen 3.47 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-124 (formerly Fr-22), KM 682. Ölcer 31.298. Pere -. Sultan coll. 107.

Sources:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th 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.
  • Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
  • [1]Richter, Jürg, Sincona Auction 59: Gold and Silver Coins and Medals; Coins and Medals from Switzerland, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2019.
  • [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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