Turkey AH 1327(5) 10 kurush
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This specimen was lot 43570 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. 10 Kurush, AH 1327 Year 5 (1909). Muhammad V. NGC MS-62." This type was struck years 1-7, of which year 7 is the only common date. Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1327 (= 1909 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 5. The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. Later ten kurush (KM 772) added the title "el-Ghazi" next to the toughra.
Recorded mintage: 34,000.
Specification: 12.02 g, 0.830 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-751.
- 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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
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