Help with a Spectacular Turkey 500 Piastres Please

MrD

One of my clients brought this to me and all I can determine is what it says on the envelope. AH1293-1876AD. I found it in KM and it states the value at 1200.00 in XF and this coin is at least an MS64 and probably better. It a very impressive piece and we would like to find out more about it. Can any darksiders help?

newsman

AH1293 is the accession date for Sultan Abdul Hamid II. On the obverse is the regnal year, which is 27, or AH1320 (1902 AD). The Krause value is the same, though.

MrD

Thank you so much for your answer. I was also curious if its basically a bullion piece or very valuable in gem grades.

Stork

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This is a listing from Clark Smith's website, if that helps at all. Gasp! Not another Coinvault Link!! (You can scroll down the page and click on the links to see his pictures). Anyway, somebody liked it enough to buy at his price. Otherwise I have no idea about value for something like this .

Are you planning on slabbing and selling this one on ebay?


Cathy

MrD

I have sent the coin out for grading and will have to see what my customer wants to do when it comes back. Thank you so much for the help.