Turkey 1923(49) 50 kurush

from Stephen Album sale 41, lot 1526

This specimen was lot 1526 in Stephen Album sale 41 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2021), where it did not sell. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: AV 50 kurush, 1923 year 49 (1972), prooflike, NGC graded MS63." This type was struck years 20 and 27-87 (1941-2010) as a bullion coin. It is not known circulated.

Recorded mintage: 28,000.

Specification: 3.61 g, 0.917 fine gold, AGW 0.1064 oz.

Catalog reference: KM-853.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 41, featuring the Dick Nanta Collection of Giray Khans, Part II, the Charles Opitz Collection of Ethnographic Money, Part II, and the Allan F. Pacela Collection of Chinese Coins. Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.

Link to:

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• Coins and currency dated 1972