Turkey AH 1187(10) 10 para

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2248

This specimen was lot 2248 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $41.65. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 10 para (onluk), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 16, unusual calligraphic style, likely a contemporary imitation, EF." This type was struck years 8-16 and has a low catalog value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: billon, 4.0-4.8 g.

Catalog reference: KM-384.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.

Links:

• AH 1187(10) 2 zolota
• Turkey AH 1187(10) 1/2 zeri mahbub
• AH 1187(11) kurush
• AH 1187(11) 2 zolota
• AH 1187(11) 1½ altin
• AH 1187(12) 10 para
• Coins and currency dated 1782
• return to coins of Turkey