Turkey AH 1143(12) zeri mahbub
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This specimen was lot 74699 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2023), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. Zeri Mahbub, AH 1143 Year 12 (1730/1). Islambul (Constantinople) Mint. Mahmud I. PCGS MS-63. Tied with just one other example for the finest of the date seen at PCGS, this Choice minor in gold glistens with tremendous brilliance and a crisp, clear strike." This type is listed in the SCWC for regnal years 8, 12, 15. Another zeri mahbub, KM 221, was struck on a wider planchet.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.60-2.65 g, gold, this specimen 2.60 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-43 (formerly Fr-1); KM-222.
- 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.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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