Turkey AH 1168 10 para

Stephen Album sale 37, lot 683

This specimen was lot 683 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $142.80. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Osman III, 1754-1757, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1168, initial #8 (listed in KM, but omitted in UBK), decent strike, EF to AU, R." Ten para made one fourth of a kurush.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 5.73 g.

Catalog reference: KM-258, UBK-11.

Source:

• 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 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.

Link to:

• Turkey AH 1168(III) zeri mahbub
• Turkey AH 1168 3 altin KM-279 ornate rims
• AH 1168 5 altin, arabesque border
• AH 1168 5 altin, wreath border
• Coins and currency dated 1754