Afghanistan AH 1174(14) rupee KM-771

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 2300

This specimen was lot 2300 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $360. The catalog description^[1] noted, "DURRANI: Ahmad Shah, 1747-1772, AR rupee, Sahrind, AH(117)4 year 14, outstanding quality for this scarce mint, usually found VF or less, NGC graded MS62, R. Sahrind is called Sarhind on the slab, which was derived from Sar-i Hind, which meant "gateway to India", now called Sirhind on modern maps." The SCWC lists this for AH 1173 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 11.0-11.5 g, silver.

Catalog reference: KM 771, A-3092.

Source:

• 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 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.

Link to:

• AH 1170(1) (1756) rupee, Taimur Shah, Lahore mint
• AH 1173(14) (1759) mohur, Shahjahanabad mint
• AH 1176(16) (1762) rupee, Dera mint
• AH 1178 (1764) rupi, Mashhad mint, Ahmad Shah
• AH 1181(11) (1767) mohur, Multan mint
• Coins and currency dated 1760