Afghanistan SH1298 rupee

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Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3591
Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3593

The first specimen was lot 3591 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $168. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AR rupee, SH1298, a lovely lustrous mint-state example! PCGS graded MS63, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." The second specimen was lot 3593 in same sale, where it sold for $132. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AR rupee, AH1337, a lovely lustrous mint-state example! PCGS graded MS63, 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 1298-1299. Varieties exist, of which we show two here.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.0 g, 0.900 fine silver, 25 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: the first specimen KM-877.3, H-30J; the second specimen KM-877.1, H-30H.

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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