Afghanistan AH1313 abbasi KM-810
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Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This abbasi was tariffed at twenty paisa or one-third of a rupee (recall that an Indian rupee was sixty four paisa). This variety has the date (1313) on the obverse; the date is also listed with the date on the reverse (KM 811). The second specimen was lot 3516 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdurrahman, 1880-1901, AR abbasi, Kabul, AH1313, a superb mint-state example! PCGS graded MS65, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.11 g, 0.500 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-810, H-6B.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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