Afghanistan AH 1336 tilla

Stephen Album sale 47, lot 1008

This specimen was lot 1008 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $1,560. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AV tilla, AH1336, fabulous deep strike, NGC graded MS63." This type was struck AH 1335-1337 and is rare. Coins of this period are sometimes dated on the traditional Muslim calendar, as here, or on the Solar Hegira calendar, which starts on the same date as the traditional Hegira calendar but uses solar years rather than lunar years.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.6 g, 0.900 fine gold, 21 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-856.

Source:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.

Link to:

• AH 1333 rupee
• AH 1335 (1916) half rupee, star of Solomon
• AH 1335 tilla
• AH 1337 (1918) half rupee, legend within circle
• AH 1337 tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1917