Afghanistan AH 1330 abbasi

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3564

This specimen was lot 3564 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $78. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR abbasi, AH1330, date below the obverse, crossed cannons below and denomination above the mosque on reverse, 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 1329-1330 and 1333-1337. It has a low catalog value but is seldom seen compared to the rupees and half rupees. The abbasi had a face value of two hundred dinars. Each die was handmade, so many varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.11 g, 0.900 fine silver, 17 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-851, Hamidi-16C.

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 1329 rupee, mosque with curved bottom
• AH 1329 rupee, mosque in circle of pearls
• AH 1329 rupee, denomination below mosque
• AH 1329 rupee, mosque in octolobe
• AH 1329 (1911) 5 rupees
• AH 1330 sanar
• AH 1331 rupee
• AH 1333 (1914) rupee
• Coins and currency dated 1911