Turkey AH 1223(5) 5 kurush
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This specimen was lot 2341 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $113.05. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 5 kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 5, bold strike, lovely EF to AU." Turkish issues before the reform of 1839 are a mess of constantly changing denominations as the government attempted to debase its way out of perpetual bankruptcy. This type was struck during years 3-11 of Mahmud's reign. It is not listed as expensive but is very difficult to find nice; this example is typical in being weakly struck.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24-26 g, 0.730 fine silver, this specimen 25.58 g.
Catalog reference: KM-564, UBK-67.
- 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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