Hi
Orhan Gazi has some anonymous copper but it is dificult to pin them down on him, so no one really is sure and all is speculation.
The 3 important catalogues of
Ottoman Numismatics (
Nuri Pere,
Jem Sultan and Necdet
Kabaklarli) suggest there is no copper coin in the name of Orhan Gazi. Just this summer I
met up with an expert who
had an
Ottoman Mangir by Orhan Gazi clearly stating Orhan bin Osman. So I have seen one and even held it in my
hands. I asked and asked the person to sell it to me, but he didnt want to sell it to me. What a shame. But I could understand it.
The
price would be in the 1000s of dollars.
Suleyman Celebi's Mangir are almost all
rare. But the coins in general are more available than the other 3 fetret rulers (Musa Celebi, Mehmet Celebi and Mustafa Celebi). So
his coins are the most common amongst those 3. Depending on the condition
his mangirs are worth from 20 to 200 and the rarest ones can even catch more.
An image would definately
help to determin the value. But in general the value is a question between the seller and the buyer. One may buy a coin for 1 dollars and someone else somewhere else may pay 200 dollars for the same coin. It all depends. The question always is, What is it worth to you?
Burak
