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[[Image:SAlbum 55-1953.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 1953]]
[[Image:SAlbum 55-1954.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 1954]]
[[Image:SAlbum 55-1955.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 55, lot 1955]]

The first specimen was lot 1953 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 2, first monetary series, XF, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." The second specimen was lot 1954 in the same sale, where it sold for $216. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 2, first series, struck only in regnal years 1 and 2, rarer for year 2, XF, R, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." The third specimen was lot 1955 in the same sale, where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mahmud II, 1808-1839, AR 10 para, Kostantiniye, AH1223 year 2, first series, broad flan, average fineness 46.5%; pierced, XF, R, ex Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection." This type was struck years 1 and 2. Varieties exist in the shape of the rose next to the toughra, visible here. Debasement was continuous throughout the sultan's reign and coinage types were usually shortlived. Forty para equalled a ''kuruş''.

''Recorded mintage'': unknown.

''Specifications'': 2.8-3.2 g, 0.465 fine silver, all three specimens are 2.99 g.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-553.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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'', Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
* [1]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 1223(2) kurush|AH 1223(2) ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey AH1223(2) 1/4 zeri mahbub|AH 1223(2) ¼ zeri mahbub]]
* [[Turkey AH 1223(3) 5 para|AH 1223(3) 5 para]]
* [[Turkey AH 1223(3) kurush|AH 1223(3) ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey AH 1223(3) kurush KM-562|AH 1223(3) ''kuruş'', 0.730 fine silver]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1809]]

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

Turkey AH 1223(2) 10 para - Revision history

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