Turkey AH 1171 asper

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Steve Album sale 38, lot 2363

This specimen was lot 2363 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mustafa III, 1757-1774, AR asper, Kostantiniye, AH1171, PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck years 1 and 4-9. This example lacks a regnal date so we presume it was struck during year 1 (1757).

Specification: 0.34 g, billon.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM-289.

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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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