Afghanistan AH 1321 1/2 rupee
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This specimen was lot 3543 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $204. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR 1/2 rupee (qiran), AH1321, date AH1321 right of the toughra // denomination yek qiran with the date 1320 above and crossed cannons & swords below the mosque; weight adjustment marks on the reverse, XF, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1321 and 1323 only. Each die was handmade, so many varieties exist.
Recorded mintage: unknown but common.
Specification: 4.65 g, 0.900 fine silver.
Catalog reference: KM-841, Hamidi-15B.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th 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 1308 (1890) half rupee
- AH 1319 half rupee
- AH 1320 rupee, no star on obverse, weapons below mosque
- AH 1320 rupee, date below the toughra, denomination below the mosque
- AH 1320 rupee, star above toughra
- AH 1321 rupee, toughra on obverse
- AH 1321 rupee, legend obverse
- AH 1322 rupee, swords and cannons below mosque
- AH 1322 rupee, cannons below mosque
- Coins and currency dated 1903