Turkey AH 1187(2) 20 para
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This specimen was lot 2372 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $78. The catalog description[1] noted, "TURKEY: Abdul Hamid I, 1774-1789, AR 20 para, Kostantiniye, AH1187 year 2, some very light porosity, VF-EF, ex Ahmed Sultan Collection." We think this twenty para, struck years 1-8, was equal to half a kurush or one-third zolota but the coinage system was so confused that we aren't sure.
Specification: billon, 8.6-9.6 g, this specimen 9.48 g.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Catalog reference: KM-387.
- 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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