Turkey AH 1223(16) kurush
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This specimen was lot 2394 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1839-1855, AR kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 16, choice AU." This kuruş was part of the fifth issue of silver during this reign. These coins are dated years 15-16. The coinage was suffering violent gyrations in value and the kuruş was issued in the fourth, fifth and seventh issues only. The reform of the next reign would stabilize the coinage until the collapse of the Ottomans at the end of World War One.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.15 g, 0.730 fine silver, this specimen 6.47 g.
Catalog reference: KM-575.
- 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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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