Afghanistan AH 1335 rupee

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3573

This specimen was lot 3573 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $228. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR rupee, AH1335, lustrous fields, cleaned, PCGS graded UNC details, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1329-1337. It is the first rupee that normally comes well struck.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.60 g, 0.900 fine silver, 20 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-853.1, H-14O.

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 1334 half rupee
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• AH 1335 sanar
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• AH 1335 half rupee, star of Solomon
• AH 1335 tilla
• AH 1336 (1917) tilla
• AH 1337 rupee, ornate legend
• AH 1337 rupee, swords below mosque
• Coins and currency dated 1916