Turkey AH 1327(6) 5 kurush
This specimen was lot 75751 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $100. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY. Ottoman Empire. 5 Kurush, AH 1327 Year 6 (1914). Istanbul (Constantinople) Mint. Mehmed V. NGC MS-64. A lustrous near-Gem with a subtle hint of tone. Quite handsome and well-produced." This type was struck years 1-7, then superseded by KM 771 with "el-Ghazi" added. 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.
Recorded mintage: 664,000.
Specification: 6.01 g, 0.830 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-750.
- 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 2023 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancient & World Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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