Afghanistan AH 1314 paisa

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3509

This specimen was lot 3509 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdur Rahman, 1880-1901, AE paisa, Kabul, AH1314, reduced size, same weight as the earlier type KM-800; small flan defect (not damage, but the shape of the original planchet), choice XF, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1309, 1312-17.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: brass or bronze, 21-21.5 mm diameter, this specimen 4.29 g.

Catalog reference: KM-802, Hamidi-10E.

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
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• AH 1313 (1895) tilla
• AH 1314 abbasi
• AH 1314 rupee
• AH 1314 tilla
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• AH 1315 rupee
• AH 1316 (1898) tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1896