Afghanistan SH1298 paisa

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3576

This specimen was lot 3576 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, brass paisa, SH1298, date below ruler's name all within wreath // mosque; very crude strike, possibly quasi-official issue, crude VF, RR, 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 SH1298-1299.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: brass, 20 mm diameter, this specimen 0.67 g.

Catalog reference: KM-858, Hamidi-47.

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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