Turkey AH1293(30) 25 kurush Fr-145
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This specimen was lot 489 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $111.63. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdulhamid II, 1876-1909, AV 25 kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 30, EF." This type is listed for years 7 thru 34 and is the most common gold coin of the reign. The equivalent monnaie de luxe is less common but not rare.
Recorded mintage: 156,280 plus 27,964 of the monnaie de luxe (Fr-48).
Specifications: 1.80 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 1.81 g.
Catalog reference: KM-729, Fr-145 (formerly Fr-43).
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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.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
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