Turkey AH 1115 kurush

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2244

This specimen was lot 2244 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $261.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Ahmad III, 1703-1730, AR kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1115, initial #35, lovely strike, pleasing toning, EF to About Unc." This type was struck with initials 3, 7, 35 (md). We don't know if initial #35 represents a regnal date, an assayer or a mintmark (unlikely). The kuruş would shrink to the size of a half dime by 1839.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: silver, 25.5-26.5 g; this specimen 26.11 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-1804, KM-159.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed. London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.

Links:

• AH 1106 kuruş, reduced weight
• Turkey AH 1106 kurush KM-121.1
• AH 1115 akçe
• Turkey AH 1115 5 para = beshlik
• AH 1115 20 para (yirmilik) = ½ kuruş
• AH 1115 zolota = 30 para
• Turkey AH1115(3) zeri istanbul
• AH 1143 heavy kuruş
• AH 1143 light kuruş
• Coins and currency dated 1703
• return to coins of Turkey