Turkey AH 1203(5) 20 para

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 1821

This specimen was lot 1821 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $390. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR 20 para, Islambul, AH1203 year 5 (1793), a pleasant lustrous mint state example, PCGS graded MS61. Part of a small group of 7 coins of this accessional date and regnal year purchased by Maj. Fred S. Pridmore in Cyprus in the 1960s." This type was struck years 1-16. Forty para made a kuruş.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 6.0-6.2 g, 0.465 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-495.

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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

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