Turkey AH 875 akce

Heritage sale 3073, lot 33334

This specimen was lot 33334 in Heritage sale 3073 (Chicago, April 2019), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Ottoman Empire. Mehmed II (2nd Reign, AH 855-886 / AD 1451-1481) Akce AH 875 (AD 1470/1) XF Details (Cleaned) NGC, Uskub mint (in Macedonia), Third Series. Among the rarest series of Mehmed's Uskub akces, with this date entirely omitted from Pere, struck on an almost fully round flan, the date full and the sultan's name and mint name still legible on the edges."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver, this specimen 11 mm diameter, 0.87 g.

Catalog reference: A-1308.3, Pere-Unlisted, Damali-7-US-G1-875.

Source:

• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay. Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3073, featuring the Lake County Collection of British coins, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019.

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