Turkey AH 1187(1) kurush KM-396
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This specimen was lot 2332 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $178.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR kurush (40 para), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 1, lovely strike, NGC graded MS61." This type, catalogued in the SCWC as a piastre, was struck years 1-8 and is not listed as expensive. A variety exists (KM 368) with a different toughra on the obverse.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 17.6-19.4 g, billon.
Catalog reference: KM-396, UBK-22.02.
- 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.
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