View source for Iraq AH 1223(26) 5 kurush

[[Image:SA37-2314o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 37, lot 2314]]
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This specimen was lot 2314 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $142.80. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "IRAQ: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, BI 5 kurush, Baghdad, AH1223 year 26, scarcer of the two dates for this type, EF." This type was struck in Baghdad by the [[Turkey|Ottomans]] in years 26-27. Sulieman the Magnificent conquered Iraq in the sixteenth century and the Turks held it until the end of World War One.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' billon, 5.5-6.69 g, this specimen 7.00 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-78a, UBK-2.03. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019..
* Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, ''Ottoman Empire Coins 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255)'', Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020. 

''Link to:''
* [[Iraq AH 1223(22) 20 para]] = ½ kuruş
* [[Iraq AH 1231 5 para]]
* [[Turkey AH 1223(26) 5 kurush]]
* [[Iraq AH 1223(28) 2 para]] = 1834
* [[Coins and currency dated 1832]]
* return to coins of [[Iraq]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 37]]