Turkey AH 1171(7) 10 para
This specimen was lot 475 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mustafa III, 1757-1774, AR 10 para, Islambul, AH1171 year 7, lovely strike, Unc." Turkish issues before the reform of 1839 are a mess of constantly changing denominations as the government attempted to debase its way out of perpetual bankruptcy. Three types of ten para are listed for this reign: rosette right of toughra (KM 305, years 1-4); without rosette (KM 306.1, years 5 thru 9) and dual dated (KM 306.2, AH 1180 thru AH 1187). Unlike the twenty para, these are listed as common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.7-5.1 g, billon, this specimen 3.87 g.
Catalog reference: KM-306.1.
- 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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