Afghanistan AH 1335 1/2 rupee KM-852
This specimen was lot 3566 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 1/2 rupee, AH1335, denomination nim rupiya ("half rupee") above and crossed cannons below the mosque, choice XF, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1329 and AH 1333-1337. It is the first half rupee that normally comes well struck. A few half rupees (KM 864) were struck with the Star of Solomon replacing the crossed cannons below the mosque.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.60 g, 0.900 fine silver, 20 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-852, Hamidi-15F.
- 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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