Turkey AH 1255(14) kurush
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This specimen was lot 76477 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. Kurush, AH 1255 Year 14 (1852/3). Constantinople Mint. Abdulmejid I. PCGS MS-66." This type was struck for the sultan years 6 thru 23 and most dates, including this one, are common.
Recorded mintage: 790,000.
Specification: 1.20 g, 0.833 fine silver, reeded edge.
Catalog reference: KM-671.
- 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 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients, World Coins & World Paper Money, David B. Simpson Medals & World Coins Part 1, Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection, and Selections from the L. E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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