EGYPT, Ottomans. Isma'il. As khedive, AH 1284-1296 / AD 1867-1879. AV 500 Qirsh – Beşyüz kuruşluk (37mm, 42.59 g, 12h). Misr (Cairo) mint. Dually dated AH 1277 and RY 15 of Abd al-'Aziz (AD 1876). Toughra of Abd al-'Aziz; floral spray to right; 500 sh in Arabic (value) below / zarb/fi/misr in Arabic in three lines; AH date below; RY above be of zarb. Damalı 32-MS-A1-15; Sultan –; Pere –; KM 265 corr. (date); Friedberg 16. In NGC encapsulation 6929996-004, graded MS 62. Extremely rare. A mintage of only 56 specimens recorded.
From the Collection of an Alexandrine Numismatist, formed before 1955.
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