Afghanistan AH 1347 rupee
This specimen was lot 53555 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Pittsburgh, PA, August 2023), where it sold for $192. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN. Rupee, AH 1347 (1928). Habibullah Kalakani. NGC MS-64." This is a one year type struck in the name of Habibullah Kalakani.
Wikipedia comments,
"Habibullah Kalakani (Dari: حبیبالله کلکانی, 19 January 1891 – 1 November 1929), was the ruler of Afghanistan from 17 January to 13 October 1929, as well as a leader of the Saqqawists. During the Afghan Civil War, he captured vast swathes of Afghanistan and ruled Kabul during what is known in Afghan historiography as the "Saqqawist period". He was an ethnic Tajik. No country recognized Kalakani as ruler of Afghanistan. During the Afghan Civil War (1928–1929), he contested the Afghan throne with Amanullah Khan. After defeating Amanullah, he was eventually defeated by Mohammed Nadir Shah."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 9.2 g, 0.900 fine silver, 25 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-897.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, World & Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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