Afghanistan AH 1310 rupee

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3512

This specimen was lot 3512 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 rupee, Kabul, AH1310, an attractive lustrous example, PCGS graded MS62, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1308-1313. Ten rupees made a tilla.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-806.1, H-4A.

Source:

• 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.

Links to:

• AH 1309 paisa, 24 mm diameter
• AH 1309 (1891) rupee
• Afghanistan AH 1311 100 dinars
• AH 1311 rupee
• AH 1312 rupee, date below mosque
• Coins and currency dated 1892