Turkey AH 1255(19) 5 kurush

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Stephen Album sale 47, lot 378

This specimen was lot 378 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861, AR 5 kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1255 year 19, a wonderful lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS64." This type was struck years 6 thru 23 and there is little difference in value from one year to the next, according to the SCWC. This example realized 77 times the catalog value in EF.

Recorded mintage: 384,000.

Specification: 6.01 g, 0.830 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-673.

Source:

  • 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

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