Turkey AH 1293(2) 100 kurush
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This specimen was lot 449 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AV 100 kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 2, EF." 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 (= 1876 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 2 (1877). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was struck years 1-6.
Recorded mintage: 415,000.
Specification: 7.21 g, 0.917 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-725.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.
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