Can anyone tell me what this is???

DNADave

Thanks in advance

kuhli

from Turkey. gold bullion issues. listed in Krause, at the end of the Turkey section. (at least in my old 1996 edition they are listed)

ormandh

chaching!! -KM#874. This one has a mintage of only 619 and a little over an ounce of gold. -Dan

kuhli

(your reverse picture is upside down)

25 kurush = 1.7540g (.0517 oz AGW) mintage = .035
50 kurush = 3.5080g (.1034 oz AGW) mintage = 0.15
100 kurush = 7.0160g (.2069 oz AGW) mintage = 0.77
250 kurush = 18.0400g (.5319 oz AGW) mintage = 0.65
500 kurush = 35.0800g (1.0338 oz AGW) mintage = 619 pcs.

DNADave

Dang. I didn't know what it was when I was pricing a collection. I bought the whole thing for around 1200 but didn't offer anything for this coin. It's a little smaller than a quarter and very thin. I thought it was a token or just junk so he threw it in for free. This was over a year ago (I bought two ounces of gold in the collection for 800) so I can't fix it since I don't know the seller.

Thanks again.

netrubicon

So you wont mind selling it to us for a 5% mark up, is that what you meant Dave?

DNADave

<< <i>So you wont mind selling it to us for a 5% mark up, is that what you meant Dave? >>



Its already on ebay at a penny....SSP

Sapyx

I like it.

If you were ever wondering what a "toughra" (the ornate "signature", such as on Ottoman coins) would look like if you could read Arabic, that reverse design is pretty close. It's actually their attempt to make a toughra out of the words "Turkiye Cumhuriyeti" in the Western alphabet.

1jester

<< <i>chaching!! -KM#874. This one has a mintage of only 619 and a little over an ounce of gold. -Dan >>



"...it's a little smaller than a quarter and very thin."


So it doesn't sound like an ounce of gold, then. Perhaps a quarter of an ounce, or less, depending on how thick it is.

tbirde56

Then it would be the 50 kurush coin featuring Kemal Ataturk and containing .1034 of an ounce of gold with 15,000 minted in 1961. Krause '06 lists it at $65 in Unc.

SYRACUSIAN

Precisely. These are called monnaie de luxe, a bit larger, thinner and more ornamental than their normal gold coins. The Krause value in Brad's post above sounds just about right. These were and still are very popular candidates for piercing and use as jewelry by the women,who often wear them at belly dancing shows etc.

Hyperion

shoot. Im not touching that thing if DNADave has been using it to bellydance with

HenriIII

Love the ornate design around it.