View source for Turkey AH1336(1) 25 kurush

[[Image:Turkey SA30-493o.jpg|300px|thumb|Steve Album sale 30, lot 493]]
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This specimen was lot 493 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "TURKEY: Mehmet VI, 1918-1924, AV 25 kurush, Kostantiniye, AH1336 year 1, Unc." Muhammed VI, the last Ottoman sultan, reigned 1918-24 until his deposition by Kemal Ataturk. During his brief tenure, gold 25, 50, 100, 250 and 500 kurush were issued both in regular milled format as shown here and in wide ''monnaie de luxe'' format. Most are rare but this one is somewhat scarce.

''Recorded mintage'': 62,253.

''Specifications'': 1.80 g, 0.917 fine gold, this specimen 1.78 g. 

''Catalog reference'': KM 819, Fr-188 (formerly Fr-74). 

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]'' 
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, ''Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 7th ed.,'' Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2003. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>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.
* Uslu, Kaan, Beyazit, M. Fatih, and Kara, Tuncay, ''Ottoman Empire Coins'', Istanbul: Mas Matbaacilik A.S., 2007.

''Links:''
* [[Turkey AH1336(1) 20 kurush|AH 1336(1) 20 kurush]]
* [[Turkey AH1336(1) 50 kurush|AH 1336(1) 50 kurush]]
* [[Turkey AH1336(1) 100 kurush|AH 1336(1) 100 kurush]]
* [[Turkey AH1336(1) 500 kurush|AH 1336(1) 500 kurush]]
* [[Turkey AH1336(3) 25 kurush]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1917]]
* return to coins of [[Turkey]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 30]]