Afghanistan AH1218/1 2 rupees KM-254

Heritage sale 303, lot 33301

This specimen was lot 33301 in Heritage sale 3038 (Dallas, January 2015), where it sold for $470. The catalog description^[1] noted, "Bahawalpur. Shuja al-Mulk 2 Reales AH 1218/1 (1803) AU58 NGC. Exceptionally choice for this normally well worn type." Afghan rupees were struck for many years at many mints and are priced fairly cheaply but two rupees are seldom seen.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 23 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM 254.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Bierrenbach, Cristiano, Warren Tucker and Scott Cordry, Heritage Signature Auction 3038, featuring the Empire, the Santa Catarina, the Law and the Santa Maria Collections, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2014.

Link to:

• AH 1208 rupee, Balkh mint, Shah Zaman
• AH 1214 rupee, Mashhad mint, Shah Zaman
• AH 1217/1 2 mohurs, Bahawalpur mint
• AH 1218/1 mohur, Bahawalpur mint
• AH 1218 (1803) mohur, Herat mint
• AH 1220/3 (1805) rupee, Derajat mint
• AH 1220/3 (1805) rupee, Kashmir mint, Shah Shuja
• AH 1223 (1808) mohur, Ahmadshahi (Qandahar) mint, Shah Shuja
• AH 1228/25 rupee, Peshawar mint
• Coins and currency dated 1803
• return to coins of Afghanistan