Turkey AH 1223(26) 1-1/2 kurush

Stack's Bowers February 2023 Collectors Choice sale, lot 74767

This specimen was lot 74767 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2023), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY. 1-1/2 Kurush, AH 1223//26 (1823). Constantinople Mint. Mahmud II. NGC MS-66. Fully brilliant with flawless surfaces and a decent strike for the type." This type was struck years 26-32. Debasement was continuous throughout the sultan's reign and coinage types were usually shortlived. Sixty para equalled 1½ kurush.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.6-3.0 g, 0.465 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-601.

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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1832