Afghanistan AH 1326 rupee

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3551

This specimen was lot 3551 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $102. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR rupee, AH1326, excellent strike, VF-XF, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). We don't see KM 843 in our edition of the SCWC, which notes KM 842.2 for this date. Each die was handmade, so many varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-843, Hamidi-13C.

Source:

• 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 1324 rupee
• AH 1325 rupee, star on reverse
• AH 1326 sanar = 100 dinars
• AH 1326 abbasi = 200 dinars
• AH 1326 half rupee
• AH 1327 rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1908