Turkey AH 1187(9) 2 zolota

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Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2333
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This specimen was lot 2333 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $178.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 2 zolota (60 para), Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 9, nice strike, NGC graded MS63." Two zolota equalled 1½ kurush.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: billon.

Catalog reference: Dav-1814, KM-402, UBK-21.02.

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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed. London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • [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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