Afghanistan AH 1328 5 rupees

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1445

This specimen was lot 1445 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $780. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR 5 rupees, Kabul, AH1328 (1910), a lustrous attractive example, PCGS graded AU55, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was made AH 1322-1329 and normally comes weakly struck.

Recorded mintage: unknown but a better date.

Specification: 45.6 g, 0.900 fine silver, 45 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.

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