Afghanistan SH1299 2 amani

Steve Album sale 30, lot 712

This specimen was lot 712 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $440.63. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AV 2 amani, SH1299, Unc." This scarce type struck SH1299-1303 was equal to twenty Afghan rupees or not quite nine Indian rupees. 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.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 9.13 g.

Catalog reference: KM-888.

Sources:

• Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
• 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 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.

Links:

• AH 1337 tilla
• SH 1298 2 tilla
• SH 1299 half amani
• SH 1299 (1920) amani = 10 rupees
• SH 1299 5 amani
• SH 1300 (1921) 2½ rupees
• SH 1300 2 amani
• AH 1349 afghani
• Coins and currency dated 1920
• return to coins of Afghanistan