Turkey AH 1277(1) 2 kurush KM-704
This specimen was lot 2033 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $540. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Aziz, 1861-1876, AR 2 kurush, Bursa, AH1277 year 1, city visit issue, F-VF, RR." This denomination was introduced during the rule of Sultan Abdul Mejid (r. 1839-61). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1293 (= 1861 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 1 (= 1861 A.D.). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued for the sultan's visit to Bursa along with a gold 25 kuruş, 50 kuruş and 100 kuruş.
Recorded mintage: 40,000.
Specifications: 2.40 g, 0.830 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-704.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
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