Turkey AH1277(12) 100 kurush
In the 1830's, the regime attempted to implement the Tanzimat reform to modernize the government and the military, the better to resist European (particularly Russian) encroachment. One reform was the introduction of milled coinage in 1839, where all the medieval denominations were dropped for a decimal system where the crown size silver coin was twenty kuruş and the sovereign size gold coin was 100 kuruş. This system survived until the collapse of the Ottoman regime after World War One. This specimen was lot 226 on Dec 13, 2011 at the Kunker Auction #199 in Osnabruck, Germany, where it sold for 260 euros. The catalog description reads:
"OSMANISCHE MÜNZEN 'ABD AL-'AZÎZ KHAN (TÜRKEI-TÜRKISCH: ABDÜLAZIZ HAN)) 15. DHÛ I-HIJJA 1277 - 5. JUMÂDÂ II 1293 H. 25. JUNI 1861 - 30. MAI 1876, GESTORBEN 5. JUNI 1876 Goldprägungen der Münzstätte Qustantînîya 100 Kurush 1277 H., 12, Qustantînîya. Sehr schön-vorzüglich. (Ottoman Empire, Abd Al-Aziz, 1861-76, 100 kurush of 1277, year 12, Constantinople mint, very fine to extremely fine.)"
Recorded mintage:. 372,000.
Specifications:. 7.216g, 0.9170 gold, 0.2128 oz AGW, this specimen 7.18 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-127 (formerly Fr-25), KM 696; Ölcer 32.042; Pere 918.
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- 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.
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