Turkey AH 1168(III) zeri mahbub
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This specimen was lot 474 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $499.38. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Osman III, 1754-1757, AV zeri mahbub, Islambul, AH1168, initial #3, full luster, lightly hairlined, Brilliant Unc." The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This denomination was issued year 2 and 3 of Osman's short reign. The type is quite a bit scarcer than zeri mahbubs of Mahmud I or Mustafa III.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.6 g, gold, this specimen 2.62 g.
Catalog reference: KM-270.
- 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]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.
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