Afghanistan AH 1337 shahi KM-861

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3579

This specimen was lot 3579 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $240. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AE shahi, AH1337, 12 stars on the obverse, denomination in words atop the reverse; thick flan, lovely example, VF-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 1337 only in thick (shown here) and thin flan varieties (KM 860). One shahi was fifty dinars.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper or brass, 25 mm diameter, this specimen 3.86 g.

Catalog reference: KM-861, Hamidi-41B (incorrectly described as 3 shahi).

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 1336 tilla
• AH 1337 shahi, thick flan
• AH 1337 shahi, thin flan
• AH 1337 3 shahi
• AH 1337 half rupee, legend without circle
• AH 1337 half rupee, legend within circle
• AH 1337 rupee, ornate legend
• AH 1337 rupee, swords below mosque
• AH 1337 tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1918