Turkey AH 1187(1) 20 para KM-387
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This specimen was lot 477 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 20 para, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 1, struck on special presentation large planchet, light surface hairlines, NGC graded Unc details." The first toughra (KM 366) was issued year 1 only; the second toughra (KM 387, shown here) was issued years 1-8 and the third toughra (KM 388) was issued years 8-16. The twenty para (half kurush) was a heavily used denomination and nice survivors are scarce.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.18 g, billon.
Catalog reference: KM-387.
- 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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