TURKEY Kurus 1819 (RY 12) Sultan Mahmud II. VF

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1819, Turkey (Ottoman), Sultan Mahmud II. Silver Kurus Coin.

Reference: KM-560.
Denomination: Kurus (1223/12)
Mint Year: 1891 (Regnal Year 14)
Mint Place: Qustantiniya (today´s Istanbul)
Condition: Minor deposits, typical weakness of strike, otherwise about XF!
Material: Silver (.465)
Diameter: 33mm
Weight: 8.9gm

Obverse: State seal (tughra) of the Sultan beneath rose. Mint formula and accession date (AH 1223) below. symbols.

Reverse: Inscription in four lines with regnal year (12) in 3rd line (to left).



Kuruş, also gurush, ersh, gersh, grush, grosha, and grosi, are all names for currency denominations in and around the territories formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. The variation in the name stems from the different languages it is used in (Arabic, Amharic, Turkish and Greek) and the different transcriptions into the Latin alphabet. In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre.



Mahmud II (Ottoman Turkish: محمود ثانى, romanized: Maḥmûd-u s̠ânî, Turkish: II. Mahmud; 20 July 1785 – 1 July 1839) was the 30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 until his death in 1839.

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