Afghanistan AH1161/1 rupee
This specimen was lot 578 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee, Lahore, AH116x year one (ahad), extremely rare date for Lahore, lost to the Mughals either later during his year one (1747/48), regained during his year 6, EF, RRR." Lahore is now in Pakistan. This type was struck year one only; the regular issue (KM 623) was struck years 5 and 10-21 and is quite a bit more common. Wikipedia comments, "The Durrani Empire (Pashto: د درانيانو ټولواکمني), also called the Sadozai Kingdom and the Afghan Empire, was founded and built by Ahmad Shah Abdali in parts of Central Asia, Middle East and South Asia. At its maximum extent, the empire ruled over the modern-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as parts of northeastern and southeastern Iran, eastern Turkmenistan, and northwestern India."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver, 11.2-11.4 g; this specimen 11.43 g.
Catalog reference: KM-622, A-3092, cf. Zeno-146486.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2021.
Link to:
- Afghanistan (1754) mohur Mashhad mint
- Coins and currency dated 1748