Afghanistan SH1304 amani

Steve Album sale 38, lot 1292

This specimen was lot 1292 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $416.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Amanullah, 1919-1929, AV amani, SH1304, Almost Unc to Unc." One amani was equal to ten 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: 6 g, 0.900 fine gold.

Catalog reference: Fr-34, KM-912.

Source:

• 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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