Turkey AH1336(1) 100 kurush

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Sincona sale 59, lot 2456

This specimen was lot 2456 in Sincona sale 59 (Zürich, October 2019), where it sold for 375 CHF (about US$454 including buyer's fees). The catalog description[1] noted,

"OSMANISCHES REICH | Muhammad VI. 1336-1341 H./1918-1922 AD, 100 Kurush 1336 H./Jahr 1, Qustantînîya. Tughra über dem Regierungsjahr auf Lorbeerzweigen und Pfeilköchern, Münzstättenangabe und Datum des Regierungsanfangs. Vorzüglich-FDC. Stempelfehler im Avers. (Turkey, Muhammed VI, AH 1336-1341, hundred kurush of AH 1336, year 1, Constantinople mint. Obverse: toughra over regnal year in wreath and arrows; reverse: mintmark and accession date. Extremely fine-uncirculated, Die flaw on reverse.)"

This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Muhammed VI (r. 1918-23), the last Ottoman sultan. 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 1336 (= 1918 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 1 (= 1917 A.D.). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued AH 1336-40 (1917-21) and is the last of the denomination. At the end of World War One, the sultan was a puppet of Ataturk and his friends, soon to be deposed.

Recorded mintage: 37,634.

Specification: 7.22 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 7.17 g.

Catalog reference: Fr-186 (formerly Fr-72), KM 821, Ölcer 36.021. Pere 1069. Sultan coll. 783.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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.

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