Turkey AH 1293(27) kurush
This specimen was lot 2378 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $505.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AR kuruş, Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 27, PCGS graded MS66." This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876-1909). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1293 (= 1876 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 27. 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 AH 1300-1327 (1883-1909). This date is common.
Recorded mintage: 9,945,000.
Specification: 1.20 g, 0.830 silver, 0.0321 oz ASW.
Catalog reference: KM-735.
- 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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