Turkey AH 1223(2) kurush
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This specimen was lot 695 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1809-1838, AR kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 2, VF, RR." This type was struck years 1-2 only. The continuous debasement occurring during this reign meant that most coin types were shortlived and the distinctions between them often arbitrary.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 12-13.18 g, 0.465 fine silver, this specimen 12.16 g.
Catalog reference: KM-554, UBK-73.01.
- 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 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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