Turkey AH 1203(5) para

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Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2335

This specimen was lot 2335 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $101.15. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR 5 para, Islambul, AH1203 y[ea]r 5, light die clash, bright original mint luster, PCGS graded MS62." This specimen is a one para, not a five para. Forty para made a kuruş.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.24-0.48 g, billon.

Catalog reference: KM-486.

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.
  • [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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