Turkey AH 1187(8) 10 para KM-383
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This specimen was lot 2331 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $95.20. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 8, without the flowers on the obverse, EF." This type was struck years 1-8. It was replaced by KM 384, with flowers added, for years 8-16. Ten para equalled half a kurush.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.7-4.5 g, billon, this specimen 4.41 g.
Catalog reference: KM-383, UBK-25.02.
- 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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