Turkey AH 1102 kurush
This specimen was lot 674 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Ahmed II, 1691-1695, AR kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1102, nice strike, choice VF." This is the only only issue of that denomination during the reign. The kurush would steadily shrink until the coinage reform of 1839, when it was fixed at the size of a half dime. Ahmed II reigned only four years and his coinage is scanty. Ahmed had to cope with the aftermath of the loss of Hungary in the 1680's. The recapture of Belgrade in 1690 temporarily stabilized the situation but a defeat at the Battle of Slankamen cost the life of Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha, the sultan's best commander.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 18.70 g, silver, this specimen 19.50 g.
Catalog reference: KM-110, NP-476, UBK-2.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014..
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- [1]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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