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[[Image:SAlbum 55-0386.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 386]]

This specimen was lot 386 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $168. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR 2 piastres (80 para), Islambul, 1203 year 1, second toughra and the first weight standard, strong XF, R, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection. The first toughra and a few second toughra coins, both at the heavy weight inherited from Abdul Hamid I, were struck briefly during Selim's first year, with the reduced standard introduced later in the same regnal year, also with the second toughra." The light version, which was struck for the remainder of Selim's reign, we show here: [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 2 piastres KM-504|KM 504]].

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 29.85 g, 0.465 fine silver, 43-44 mm diameter, this specimen is 30.02 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-480.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
* Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, ''Ottoman Empire Coins'', Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.

''Links:''
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) akce|AH 1203(1) akçe]]
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 5 para|AH 1203(1) 5 para]]
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 10 para|AH 1203(1) 10 para (onluk)]]
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 60 para KM-501|AH 1203(1) light 60 para]] = 2 zolota
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 2 piastres KM-504|AH 1203(1) light 2 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) 100 para|AH 1203(1) 100 para]] = 2½ ''kuruş'' = yuzluk
* [[Turkey AH 1203(1) altin|AH 1203(1) altin]]
* [[Turkey AH 1203(3) 2 kurush|AH 1203(3) 2 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1789]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 55]]

Turkey AH 1203(1) 2 kurush KM-480 - Revision history

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