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This specimen was lot 504 in Steve Album Auction 54 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2026), where it sold for $2,880. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]: Abdul Hamid II, 1876-1909, AR 2 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1293 year 21 (1896), a superb mint state example, PCGS graded MS63. The single finest graded example (Top Pop) at PCGS!" In the 1830's, the regime attempted to implement the ''Tanzimat'' reform to modernize the government and the military, the better to resist European (particularly Russian) encroachment. One reform was the introduction of milled coinage in 1839, where all the medieval denominations were dropped for a decimal system where the crown size silver coin was twenty ''kuruş'' and the sovereign size gold coin was 100 ''kuruş''. This system survived until the collapse of the Ottoman regime after World War One. This two ''kuruş'', roughly equal to a dime, was struck in substantial quantities in years 8 thru 34.

''Recorded mintage:'' 21,000, a scarce date.

''Specification:'' 2.41 g, 0.830 silver, 0.064 oz ASW.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-736.

''[[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 Hanbing Feng, ''Auction 54, featuring selections from the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Turkey AH 1293(17) 2 kurush|AH 1293(17) 2 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey AH 1293(21) 100 kurush|AH 1293(21) 100 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Turkey AH 1293(23) 2 kurush|AH 1293(23) 2 ''kuruş'']]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1895]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 54]] [[Category: Silver dimes of the world]]

Turkey AH 1293(21) 2 kurush - Revision history

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