Afghanistan AH 1315 rupee

Stack's Bowers February 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 74126

This specimen was lot 74126 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2024), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN. Rupee, AH 1315 (1897). Abdur Rahman. PCGS MS-63. A beaming Choice example of this relatively uncommon Rupee type, alive with swirling luster and accentuated by drizzles of fiery orange toning about the peripheries." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was also struck AH 1314.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.2 g, 0.500 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-819.1.

Source:

• Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, February 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

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• AH 1313 abbasi
• AH 1314 rupee
• AH 1314 (1896) tilla
• (AH 1315) sanar = 100 dinars
• AH 1315 sanar = 100 dinars
• AH 1316 rupee
• AH 1316 (1898) tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1897