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This specimen was lot 2374 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR piastre, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 6, AU." We think this piastre, struck years 1-8, was equal to forty para or a kurush but the coinage system was so confused that we aren't sure.
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This specimen was lot 2374 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Turkey|TURKEY]]: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR piastre, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 6, AU." We think this piastre, struck years 1-8, was equal to forty para or a ''kuruş'' but the coinage system was so confused that we aren't sure.
  
 
''Specification:'' billon, 17.6-19.4 g.
 
''Specification:'' billon, 17.6-19.4 g.

Latest revision as of 19:17, 13 June 2026

Steve Album sale 38, lot 2374
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This specimen was lot 2374 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $96. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR piastre, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 6, AU." We think this piastre, struck years 1-8, was equal to forty para or a kuruş but the coinage system was so confused that we aren't sure.

Specification: billon, 17.6-19.4 g.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Catalog reference: Dav-1815, KM-396.

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, Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.
  • 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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