Afghanistan SH1303 2 amani
This specimen was lot 1467 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $840. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AV 2 amani, SH1303, toughra in wreath, date below, honorific title al-ghazi ("the victorious") to right // mosque within rayed octagon, slightly weak strike, AU, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." 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: 9.2 g, 0.900 fine gold, 24 mm diameter, this specimen 9.17 g.
Catalog reference: KM-888.
- 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 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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