Afghanistan AH 1312 rupee KM-806
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This specimen was lot 3514 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdurrahman, 1880-1901, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1312, a lovely lustrous example! PCGS graded MS63, 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 along with KM 388 and KM 814. Overdates 1312/1 and 1312/1/9 are noted for the year. Ten rupees made a tilla.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-806.2, H-4B.
- 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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