Mint Visit Issues

Triton XIX, Lot: 2216. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLAMIC, Ottoman Empire. Mehmed V Rashad. AH 1327-1336 / AD 1909-1918. AV 100 Kurush – Liralık (22mm, 7.20 g, 12h). Mint visit issue. Brusa (Bursa) mint. Dually dated AH 1327 and RY 1 (AD 1909). Tughra; reshad in Arabic to right; 1 sanat (RY date) in Arabic below; all within laurel wreath with crossed quivers over ties; seven stars above / zarb brusa fi 1327 az nasrah (Struck Brusa in 1327 may his victory be glorious) in Arabic; all within laurel wreath; star above. Ölçer, Mehmed 35 301; Sultan 4159; Pere 1004; KM 789; Friedberg 61. VF, areas of light toning, circulation marks.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Stephen Album, February 1984.