Afghanistan SH1298 2-1/2 rupees

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3594

This specimen was lot 3594 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $84. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AR 2-1/2 rupee, SH1298, king's toughra, star above and date below // mosque, denomination above; both sides in wreath; scarce date, XF-AU, S, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Coins of this period are sometimes dated on the traditional Muslim calendar, or on the Solar Hegira calendar, as here, which starts on the same date as the traditional Hegira calendar but uses solar years rather than lunar years. This type was struck SH 1298-1303 and was the first issue of this denomination. Varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 22.92 g, 0.900 fine silver, 34 mm diameter, this specimen 22.78 g.

Catalog reference: KM-878, Hamidi-28A.

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.

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