Afghanistan AH 1317 rupee KM-819
The first specimen was lot 3525 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $114. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdur Rahman, 1880-1901, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1317, date left of the toughra // crossed cannons and swords below the mosque, XF-AU, R, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." The second specimen was lot 3526 in the same sale, where it sold for $288. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Abdur Rahman, 1880-1901, AR rupee, Kabul, AH1317, date split left & right of the toughra // crossed cannons and swords below the mosque, 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 1317 in several varieties, of which we show KM 819.3 (date left of the toughra) and KM 819.4 (date split left & right of the toughra). We don't have an image of KM 829, also struck AH 1317, which featured three stars over the toughra. Ten rupees made a tilla.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: the first specimen KM-819.3, Hamidi-4I; the second specimen KM-819.4, Hamidi-4K.
- 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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