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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mustafa I, first reign, 1617-1618, AR para (1.08g), Amid, AH1026, crude XF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Ottoman Empire Start Price:300.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mustafa I, first reign, 1617-1618, AR para (1.08g), Amid, AH1026, crude XF
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300.00USD+ buyer's premium (60.00)
This item SOLD at 2024 Sep 19 @ 13:59UTC-07:00 : PDT/MST
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE: Mustafa I, first reign, 1617-1618, AR para (1.08g), Amid, AH1026, A-1356, full clear mint & date, superior for this normally hideous type, crude XF, RR, ex SARC Auction 11 Lot 346.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The bold clear date AH 1026 on the reverse, together with the mint name Amid, proves that it must be an issue of Mustafa I, 1st reign, and very rare. The other side is clearly in the name of the previous sultan Ahmed b. Mehmet (1012-1026), so it is clear that the Amid mint was using an obsolete obverse die for this coin, likely because they were not about to discard a working die, or perhaps they simply forgot to check the obverse die. All proper gold and silver from the mint of Amid (modern Diyarbakir) are always dated 1012 (occasionally 1013 and even 1014), but never 1026.