Turkey AH 1255(19) 40 para

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2070

This specimen was lot 2070 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $60. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AE 40 para, AH1255 year 19, countermarked KΘOB on reverse, for the church of Vurgano, Rahoni, Thasos, some weakness in the countermark, VF on F-VF host." This type was struck years 17 thru 23 and has a low catalog value except for the rare year 23. The copper forty para (= one kurush) was abandoned after this issue. When the forty para was revived in 1910, it was a nickel coin.

Recorded mintage: 11,300,000.

Specifications: copper.

Catalog reference: Wilski-G.10-25, KM-670.

Sources:

  • 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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

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