Afghanistan AH 1314 abbasi

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3519

This specimen was lot 3519 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $90. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdur Rahman, 1880-1901, AR abbasi, Kabul, AH1314//1314, dated both right of the toughra and below the mosque; denomination yek abbasi ("one abbasi") below the mosque, lovely VF-XF, R, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1314 only. One shahi was fifty dinars.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.11 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-816, Hamidi-6C.

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:

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• AH 1314 paisa
• AH 1314 rupee
• AH 1314 tilla
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• AH 1315 rupee
• AH 1316 (1898) tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1896