View source for Algeria AH 1172 sultani

[[Image:Turkey H3076-31854o.jpg|300px|thumb|Heritage sale 3076, lot 31854]]
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This specimen was lot 31854 in Heritage sale 3076 (Long Beach, CA, September 2019), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Ottoman Empire. Mustafa III gold Sultani AH 1172 (1758/9) AU Details (Cleaned) PCGS, Jazair mint (in [[Algeria]]). A very rare late North African gold type in general, accentuated even more so by this apparently unpublished date absent from both the MacKenzie and Wilski collections. Despite the light noted cleaning, the piece appears highly attractive with a perfectly centered strike free of weakness." This type is listed in the SCWC for AH 1171-1185. This example realized four times the catalog value for a common date. The state of Algiers survived mostly by piracy.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown but rare.

''Specification:'' 3.23-3.41 g, gold, this specimen 3.41 g.

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-30, cf. KM 32 (date unlisted), Pere-Unl., UBK-Unl.

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Bierrenbach, Cristiano and Warren Tucker, ''Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3076, featuring the Allen Moretti Swiss Collection and the James Mossman Collection of Canadian Coinage,'' Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2019. 

''Link to:''
* [[Algeria AH 1141 sultani]]
* [[Algeria AH 1162 1/4 sultani]]
* [[Algeria AH 1198 1/4 budju]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1758]]

[[Category:Selections from Heritage sale 3076]][[Category: Gold coins of Africa]]