Turkey AH 1277(3) 20 kurush
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This specimen was lot 195 in Schulman auction 385 (Amsterdam, July 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Turkey - 20 Kurush AH1277//3 (1863 AD), Silver, ABDULAZIZ 1861-1874 Qustantiniyye mint. Tughra, regnal year below. Rev. text, mint and date. Very fine +." As part of the Tanzimat reform of the 1840's, the coinage was modernized (milled instead of hammered) and the constant debasements ceased. This type was struck years 1-15 in moderate numbers.
Recorded mintage: 257,000, a better date.
Specification: 24.05 g, 0.833 fine silver, this specimen 23.67 g.
Catalog reference: KM. 693, Dav-404.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
- [1]Absil, Andrew, Olle Cederholm, Erik de Visser and Rik van Noorloos, Schulman sale 385, Amsterdam: Schulman b.v., 2025.
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