Afghanistan AH 1329 rupee KM-843

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3552

This specimen was lot 3552 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, AH1329, rare date for this type, VF, R, 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. 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:

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