Turkey AH 1187(12) 10 para

Steve Album sale 55, lot 1896

This specimen was lot 1896 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $105. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 10 para (onluk), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 12, unusual calligraphic style, perhaps local imitation, more likely a European production either as a forgery or an equipment presentation style, XF, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." This type was struck years 8 thru 16. Forty para made a kuruş. The earlier type (KM 383) lacks the rosette to the right of the toughra.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 4.0-4.8 g, billon.

Catalog reference: KM-384.

Sources:

• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

Links:

• AH 1187(10) 10 para
• AH 1187(12) para
• AH 1187(12) kuruş
• AH 1187(12) 2 zolota, with ornament
• AH 1187(12) 2 zolota, without ornament
• AH 1187(13) 2 zolota, without ornament = 60 para
• AH 1187(14) 10 para
• Coins and currency dated 1784