Turkey AH1327(1) 100 kurush Fr-167
This specimen was lot 491 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $470. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AV 100 kuruş, Bursa, AH1327 year 1, mint visit issue, EF." This specimen was struck in Bursa during the reign of Sultan Muhammed V (r. 1909-18) when he visited there. Mint visit coinage also exists for Edirne, Salonika, Monastir and Kosovo. These are often called "mint visit" coinage but no production coinage is attested from these mints during this period. This denomination was introduced during the rule of Sultan Abdul Mejid (r. 1839-61). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1327 (= 1909 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 1 (= AH 1327). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. The last gold 100 kurush of this size was issued in 1929, under Ataturk's Republic.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 7.22 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 7.09 g.
Catalog reference: KM-789, Fr-167 (formerly Fr-61).
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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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