Maybe it says"Istanbul" instead?flower

"ISTAMBUAL"?

Nope, sorry.

Never heard of one of those.

Hair line cracks baaaad. Can you post a picture of the stamp?

Yes - Istanbul - Sorry

Here are the PICS

I have learned that any crack over 1/2" long really starts to kill the sound......esp. on a smaller cymbal.............

The cymbal seems to have a really nice sound. Oh, and I found a site that said that this was the New stamp that was made in 66. Apparently some type of transition stamp - the double stamping apparently was normal for this period.

Not a "transition stamp", whatever that's supposed to mean, and you can't just peg it to one specific date. Cymbals they made from 1963 to 1977 all got this same version of the trademark.

Perhaps the information is incorrect, but it was from a site I found online - here is what I found:

New Stamp (1967-77)

The so-called new stamp looks very similar to the intermediate stamp, with the main difference being the size and location of the star above the crescent moon. Also, the stamp seemed to imprint the English more thoroughly than with the intermediate stamp, but there is often double stamping, as the cymbalsmiths pressed the stamp twice by hand.

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I attached the pic that was on the site that matches the one on the cymbal.

Here is the URL

http://www.robscott.net/cymbals/

Obviously the cracks are going to kill the value of the cymbal, but I was just curious if anyone had an idea of what its value might be.

I am on the fence about keeping it just for the sake of its possible rarity, I would probably never play it for fear the cracks would get worse.

Anyway, if anyone has an idea of value (as it sits - cracks and all) that would be great. If not, no big deal. Like I said I was just kind of curious. The fact that it was made in Turkey caught me eye and stired my curiosity.

Thanks