Turkey AH 1187(11) 2 zolota KM-403

Steve Album sale 30, lot 478

This specimen was lot 478 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $381.88. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 2 zolota, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 15, superb strike, Unc." This specimen is from a series struck in Istanbul during the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (r. 1774-1789). Ottoman coins were dated using regnal years; the reverse bears the date AH 1187 (= 1774 A.D.) while the reverse bears the regnal year 11. This date also comes with ornament (KM 402). The Hejira calendar uses a lunar year instead of a solar year, so its starting date moves from year to year. This type was issued AH 1196-1209. These coins are not common but many do not realize their proper value.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 26-27.2 g, billon, this specimen 26.6 g.

Catalog reference: Dav-1814, KM-403.

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.
• Davenport, John S., European Crowns, 1700-1800, 2nd Ed. London: Spink & Son, 1964.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Link to:

• AH 1187(10) 10 para
• Turkey AH 1187(10) 2 zolota
• AH 1187(11) kurush
• AH 1187(11) 1½ altin
• AH 1187(12) para
• AH 1187(12) kuruş
• AH 1187(12) 2 zolota, with ornament
• AH 1187(12) 2 zolota, without ornament
• Coins and currency dated 1783