Turkey AH 1293(11) 2 kurush
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This specimen was lot 2433 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul hamid II, 1876-1909, AR 2 kuruş, AH1293 year 11, nice luster with just a hint of light tone, NGC graded MS65." This type, roughly equal to a dime, was struck in large numbers for years 8-34. This is the highest mintage date.
Recorded Mintage: 5,115,000.
Specification: 2.41 g, 0.830 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-736.
- 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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