Turkey AH 824 akce
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This specimen was lot 1830 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $360. The catalog description[1] noted, "OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mustafa Çelebi, 1419-1422, AR akçe, Edirne, AH824, some luster, XF-AU." Wikipedia comments, "Mustafa Çelebi (fl. c. 1402 – May 1422), also called Mustafa the Impostor (Turkish: Düzmece Mustafa or Düzme Mustafa), was an Ottoman prince who struggled to gain the throne of the Ottoman Empire in the early 15th century. He ruled parts of Rumelia twice between January 1419 – 1420 and January 1421 – May 1422."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.06 g, silver, 10-11 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: A-1301.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- 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 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.
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