Turkey AH 1327(2) 50 kurush Fr-173

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Steve Album sale 54, lot 507

This specimen was lot 507 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AV 50 kurush, Edirne, AH1327 year 2, city visit issue (struck at Kostantiniye), NGC graded MS63." In the 1830's, the regime attempted to implement the Tanzimat reform to modernize the government and the military, the better to resist European (particularly Russian) encroachment. One reform was the introduction of milled coinage in 1839, where all the medieval denominations were dropped for a decimal system where the crown size silver coin was twenty kuruş and the sovereign size gold coin was 100 kuruş. This system survived until the collapse of the Ottoman regime after World War One. This fifty kuruş, roughly equal to a half sovereign, accompanied the regular issue (KM 753) and the monnaie de luxe (KM 764) intended for jewelry.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.60 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.106 oz ASW.

Catalog reference: Fr-173 (formerly Fr-62a), KM-793.

Source:

  • 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.
  • 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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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