Afghanistan SH1304 1/2 amani
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This specimen was lot 1291 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $285.60. The catalog description[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AV ½ amani, SH1304, EF to About Unc." Half an amani was equal to five Afghan rupees. This issue was struck SH 1304-1306. It is dated using the Solar Hegira calendar, which starts on the same date as the traditional Hegira calendar but uses solar years rather than lunar years.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3 g, 0.900 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM-911.
- 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 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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