Turkey AH 1327(7) 25 kurush
This specimen was lot 404 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $540. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AV 25 kurush, AH1327 year 7, lustrous, with 'el-Ghazi', NGC graded MS62, ex The 1914 Collection. Finest graded by both NGC and PCGS." This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Muhammed V (r. 1909-18). This denomination was introduced during the rule of Sultan Abdul Mejid (r. 1839-61). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1327 (= 1909 A.D.) while the obverse bears the regnal year 7 (= AH 1333). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued years 7 thru 10.
Recorded mintage: 22,420.
Specifications: 1.80 g, 0.917 fine gold, 18 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-752, Fr-162.
- 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]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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