Turkey AH 1223(4) 10 para
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This specimen was lot 2391 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 4, a fantastic quality example! PCGS graded MS65." This type of years 3-14 is from Mahmud's second issue. The ten para of the first issue weighed 2.8-3.2 grams and the third issue was only 1.6-1.8 grams. The frequent debasements, the result of military defeats at the hands of Russia, deranged the economy.
Recorded Mintage: unknown.
Specification: 0.465 fine silver, 2.1-2.5 g.
Catalog reference: KM-559.
- 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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