Turkey AH 1327(2) 100 kurush Fr-180

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 383

This specimen was lot 383 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmet V, 1909-1918, AV 100 kurush monnaie de luxe, Kostantiniye, AH1327 year 2, mount removed, bold EF." The monnaie de luxe was a broader, thinner version of the regular circulation gold coinage (KM 754) and was intended for jewelry. This 100 kurush was struck years 1-6. Nearly all survivors are holed or soldered.

Recorded mintage: 37,110.

Specification: 7.01 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 2.87 g.

Catalog reference: KM-755, Fr-180.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• AH 1327(1) 100 kuruş, sultan's visit to Bursa
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• AH 1327(2) 2 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(2) 5 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(2) 10 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(2) 100 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(2) 50 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(2) 100 kuruş, circulating type
• AH 1327(2) 500 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(3) 100 kurush
• Coins and currency dated 1910