Turkey AH 1223(18) 60 para
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This specimen was lot 2344 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $154.70. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 60 para, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 18, gorgeous iridescent toning, bold strike, NGC graded MS63." This type was struck years 16-21. Debasement was continuous throughout the sultan's reign and coinage types were usually shortlived. Regnal year 18 (AH 1240) corresponded to August 1824-August 1825. Sixty para equalled 1½ kurush.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 5.80-6.25 g, 0.600 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-580, UBK-72.02.
- 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 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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