Turkey AH 1203(1) 5 para

Stephen Album sale 27, lot 698

Stephen Album sale 52, lot 1817

The first specimen was lot 698 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $386.75. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR 5 para, Islambul, AH1203 year 1, third series, EF." The second specimen was lot 1817 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $216. The catalog description^[2] noted, "TURKEY: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR 5 para, Islambul, AH1203 year 5 (1793), a superb lustrous mint state example! PCGS graded MS65. Part of a small group of 18 coins of this accessional date and regnal year purchased by Maj. Fred S. Pridmore in Cyprus in the 1960s." This type was struck years 1-19. Five para made one-eighth kuruş.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 1.35-1.75 g, 0.465 fine silver, the first specimen 1.76 g.

Catalog reference: KM-489.

Source:

• 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 1687-1839 (AH 1099-1255), Istanbul: Anka Matbaacilik, 2010.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
• ^[2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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