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TURKEY: LOT of 82 tokens

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Islamic Coins - Ottoman Empire Start Price:425.00 USD Estimated At:500.00 - 700.00 USD
TURKEY: LOT of 82 tokens
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425.00USD+ (85.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2021 Sep 16 @ 14:43UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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TURKEY:LOT of 82 tokens including Greek Church tokens, jeweler's imitation gold coins with counterstamps, plus a few Nuremberg counters, some countermarked, a very interesting study lot and viewing is highly recommended, retail value $1500, lot of 82 tokens, ex Hans Wilski Collection. These local token issues were struck by Greeks in the Ottoman Empire to compensate for a shortage of low value coinage in circulation. This ethnic Greek Orthodox population was ultimately expelled from their ancient homeland in the population exchange that followed the Treaty of Lausanne at the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922).