Ottoman Empire. Abdul Aziz gold 500 Kurush AH 1277 Year 1 (1860/1861) AU58 NGC, Constantinople mint (in Turkey), KM698, Fr-125, cf. Pere-916 (different date), UBK-pg. 61 (RR). Mintage: 3,180. The seldom-encountered accession year for this largest gold denomination struck in the capital of the Ottoman Empire, and the third-lowest mintage date in the series, just behind the Year 3 and prohibitively rare Year 5, for which it is supposed that only 2 pieces were struck. Preserving a glassy mint luster within the protected loops of the toughra, the present offering is currently the finest of only two certified between NGC and PCGS combined, with a survey of recent auction records revealing a paucity of Year 1 examples coming to market, and the date altogether missing from the Hans Wilski Collection. Ex. Numismatica Genevensis Auction 2 (November 2002, Lot 1273)

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