Turkey AH 1203(6) kurush
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This specimen was lot 2382 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $90. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Selim III, 1789-1807, AR piastre, Islambul, AH1203 year 6, lovely EF-AU, ex Ahmed Sultan Collection." This type was struck years 1-13.
Specification: silver, 0.465 fine, 12.3-13.0 g; this specimen 12.80 g.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: KM-498.
- 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.
- [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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