Turkey AH 1327(3) 10 kurush KM-804

Steve Album sale 51, lot 301

This specimen was lot 301 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "TURKEY: Mehmet V, 1909-1918, AR 10 kurush, Manastir, AH1327 year 3, mint visit issue, mintage of only 1,500 pieces, a fantastic mint state example of this rare type, PCGS graded MS62." Early in his reign, the sultan toured some of the cities of his domain. Presumably, the construction of railroads made this less arduous than in generations past. On the occasion of his visit to Manastir (now Bitola in Macedonia), commemorative two, five, ten (shown here), fifty and 100 kuruş were minted and distributed.

Recorded mintage: 1,500.

Specifications: 12.02 g, 0.830 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-804.

Sources:

• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
• Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, Ottoman Empire Coins, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.

Links:

• AH 1327(2) 10 kuruş, sultan's visit to Edirne
• AH 1327(3) 10 para
• AH 1327(3) 2 kuruş, sultan's visit to Kosovo
• AH 1327(3) 2 kuruş, sultan's visit to Manastir
• AH 1327(3) 2 kuruş, sultan's visit to Salanik
• AH 1327(3) 2 kuruş
• AH 1327(3) 5 kuruş
• AH 1327(3) 5 kuruş, sultan's visit to Kosovo
• AH 1327(3) 5 kuruş, sultan's visit to Manastir
• AH 1327(3) 5 kuruş, sultan's visit to Salanik
• AH 1327(3) 10 kuruş, sultan's visit to Salanik
• AH 1327(3) 25 kuruş
• AH 1327(3) 50 kuruş
• AH 1327(3) 50 kuruş, sultan's visit to Salanik
• AH 1327(3) 100 kuruş
• AH 1327(3) 100 kuruş, sultan's visit to Kosovo
• AH 1327(3) 100 kuruş, sultan's visit to Salanik
• AH 1327(3) 100 kuruş, sultan's visit to Manastir
• AH 1327(3) 500 kuruş, monnaie de luxe
• Coins and currency dated 1911