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[[Image:SA50-2061.jpg|550px|thumb|Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2061]]

This specimen was lot 2061 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Libya|TRIPOLI]]: Mehmet IV, 1648-1687, AE para, AH(1)078, oblong flan, well struck, Fine." In the eighteenth century, Tripoli was one of the Barbary States preying on commerce plying the Mediterranean. This type was struck AH 1076-1078, 1083-1087, 1091 and 1094, most with two digit dates. It is very scarce in collectible condition.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown. 

''Specifications'': copper, 13-15 mm diameter, this specimen 2.98 g.

''Catalog reference'': KM-8. 

''[[Bibliography|Sources]]'': 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed.'', Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection'', Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Tripoli AH 1187 piastre]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1667]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 50]]