Turkey AH 1187(14) 10 para

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2067

This specimen was lot 2067 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $66. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, BI 10 para, AH1187 year 14, well centered, some luster, XF." This type was struck years 8-16 and is listed very inexpensively in the SCWC.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specifications: 4.4-4.8 g, billon, this specimen 4.02 g.

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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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• Coins and currency dated 1785