Afghanistan AH 1313 rupee KM-814

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3518

This specimen was lot 3518 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdurrahman, 1880-1901, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1313, a wonderful lustrous example! PCGS graded MS64, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1312-13 only along with KM 813. Ten rupees made a tilla.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-814, H-4C.

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 1312 rupee, date below mosque
• AH 1313 abbasi, date on obverse
• AH 1313 rupee, date below mosque
• AH 1313 (1895) tilla
• AH 1314 paisa
• AH 1314 abbasi
• AH 1314 rupee
• AH 1314 tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1895