Afghanistan AH 1311 rupee

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3513

This specimen was lot 3513 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, AH1311, 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. An overdate, 1311/09, is noted for the year. 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:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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 1310 rupee
• Afghanistan AH 1311 100 dinars
• AH 1312 rupee, date below mosque
• AH 1313 abbasi, date on obverse
• AH 1313 rupee, date below mosque
• AH 1313 rupee, date below toughra
• Coins and currency dated 1893