Turkey AH 1187(2) piastre

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2373

This specimen was lot 2373 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR piastre, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 2, faint surface hairlines, EF." We think this piastre, struck years 1-8, was equal to forty para or a kurush but the coinage system was so confused that we aren't sure.

Specification: billon, 17.6-19.4 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: KM-396.

Source:

• 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 Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

Links to:

• AH 1187(1) kuruş, second toughra
• AH 1187(2) 20 para
• AH 1187(2) zeri mahbub
• AH 1187(4) 10 para
• AH 1187(4) zolota = 30 para
• AH 1187(6) piastre
• Coins and currency dated 1774