Turkey AH 1222(1) 2-1/2 kurush

Steve Album sale 54, lot 490

This specimen was lot 490 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $1,680. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mustafa IV, 1807-1808, AR 2 1/2 piastres, Kostantiniye, AH1222 year 1, Krause plate piece, NGC graded AU58, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." The coinage from Mustafa's brief reign is scanty and expensive. Billon five and ten para, two zolota, one, two and 2½ kurush are reported and are scarcer than the gold zeri mahbub and altin. This denomination equaled 100 para.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 32.8 g, 0.465 fine silver, this specimen 1.46 g.

Catalog reference: KM-542, UBK-29.010.00.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

Link to:

• AH 1222(1) para
• AH 1222(1) 5 para
• AH 1222(1) 10 para
• AH 1222(1) kuruş
• AH 1222(1) 2 zolota
• AH 1222(1) altin
• AH 1222(1) ½ zeri mahbub
• AH 1222(2) kuruş
• AH 1222(2) quarter altin
• AH 1222(2) zeri mahbub
• Coins and currency dated 1807