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LONDON, Maudslay Sons & Field, Échantillon or Press Trial, 1851, for Turkey, in copper, obv. from the rev. die of Abdul Mejid’s second issue 20 Piastres with the accession date 1255h, rev. arabseque pattern, lambeth london 1851, edge plain, 39mm, 24.62g/6h (Hawkins pp.839-40, no.2, and pl. 27, 7; cf. DNW 92, 279). About very fine, very rare £120-150