Turkey AH 1171 fals

Steve Album sale 54, lot 436

This specimen was lot 436 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $390. The catalog description^[1] noted, "OTTOMANS IN ARABIA: Mustafa III, 1757-1774, AE fals, 'Ar'ar, AH1171, 'izza nasruhu on obverse, mint & date on reverse, very rare and only the second example we have offered at auction, crude VF, RRR, ex Ken Bovenkamp Collection." This type is not listed in the SCWC. We aren't sure where 'Ar'ar was located. There is a town in northern Saudi Arabia called Arar but it wasn't founded until after World War Two. Fals (falus in Arabic) refers to any low value copper coin.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper, this specimen 0.83 g.

Catalog reference: A-E1129.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• AH 1171 asper
• Syria AH 1171 fals, Halab (Aleppo) mint
• AH 1171(1) 1½ altin
• AH 1171(2) kuruş
• Coins and currency dated 1757