Turkey AH 1187(14) 2 zolota
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This specimen was lot 2021 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 2 zolota (altmislik), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 14, a lovely lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS63." Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1187 (= 1774 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 14 (= 1785 A.D.). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued during years 11-16.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 26.1-26.9 g, billon.
Catalog reference: Dav-1814, KM-402.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed. London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
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