Turkey AH 1223(32) 1/2 cedid mahmudiye
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This specimen was lot 2415 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AV ½ cedid mahmudiye, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 32, ex-mount, EF-AU." This half cedid mahmudiye was struck years 26-32. It has a low catalog value because of its tiny size, irrespective of its rarity.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.70-0.80 g, gold, this specimen 0.79 g.
Catalog reference: KM-644.
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- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [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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