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[[Image:Turkey 1946 500 kurush rev Heritage 3024-25675.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | [[Image:Turkey 1946 500 kurush rev Heritage 3024-25675.jpg|300px|thumb|photo courtesy Heritage Auction Galleries]] | ||
| − | This specimen was lot 25675 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Inonu gold 500 Kurush 1923 Year 23 (1946), AU58 NGC, fully lustrous with typical surface marks on both sides, scarcer type with the bust of Ismet Inonu." Issued 1943-2010 in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 kurush (or '' | + | This specimen was lot 25675 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "Inonu gold 500 Kurush 1923 Year 23 (1946), AU58 NGC, fully lustrous with typical surface marks on both sides, scarcer type with the bust of Ismet Inonu." Issued 1943-2010 in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 kurush (or ''kuruş'' or ''qirsh'') some bore regnal dates and others bear Common Era dates. Most display the portrait of the father of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk; this one bears the portrait of his chief lieutenant, Ismet Inonu. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 9,006. | ''Recorded mintage:'' 9,006. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:51, 12 February 2025
This specimen was lot 25675 in Heritage sale 3024 (Chicago, April 2013), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "Inonu gold 500 Kurush 1923 Year 23 (1946), AU58 NGC, fully lustrous with typical surface marks on both sides, scarcer type with the bust of Ismet Inonu." Issued 1943-2010 in denominations of 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 kurush (or kuruş or qirsh) some bore regnal dates and others bear Common Era dates. Most display the portrait of the father of Turkey, Kemal Ataturk; this one bears the portrait of his chief lieutenant, Ismet Inonu.
Recorded mintage: 9,006.
Specification: 36.08 g, 0.917 fine gold, 1.063 troy oz AGW.
Catalog reference: Fr-213 (formerly Fr-99); KM-858.
- 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]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World and Ancient Coins Auction 3024, featuring the Kairos and Elizabeth McPhall Charters Collections, Dallas: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2013.
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