Turkey AH 1327(5) 25 kurush
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This specimen was lot 76874 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. 25 Kurush, AH 1327 Year 5 (1913). Istanbul (Islambol) Mint. Mehmed V. NGC MS-65+. "Reshat" to the right on obverse." This type was struck in moderate numbers for years 1 thru 6. Most bear signs of use in jewelry. This was the second smallest gold denomination. This denomination was also struck in "monnaie de luxe" format in 1913 (KM 763).
Recorded mintage: 167,592.
Specification: 1.804 g, 0.917 fine gold, 0.0532 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-157; KM-752.
- 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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, September 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, including Selections from the Richard Margolis Collection and Selections from the L.E. Bruun Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.
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