Turkey AH 1327(6) 10 kurush
This specimen was lot 73391 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2023), where it sold for $480. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. 10 Kurush, AH 1327 Year 6 (1914). Constantinople (Istanbul) Mint. Mehmed V. PCGS MS-64. "Rashat" type. Tied with just one other for the top spot in the PCGS census, this near-Mint example remains largely untoned, with robust luster radiating throughout." This type was struck years 1-7, of which year 7 is the commonest 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 6. 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: 81,000, a common date.
Specification: 12.02 g, 0.833 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, February 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, featuring the David Sterling Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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