Afghanistan SH1330 50 pul

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3632

This specimen was lot 3632 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $540. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Muhammad Zahir Shah, 1933-1973, AE 50 pul, SH1330, large planchet type, a wonderful lustrous example! PCGS graded MS64 BN, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Coins of this period are dated on the Solar Hegira calendar, which starts on the same date as the traditional Hegira calendar but uses solar years rather than lunar years. This type was struck SH 1330 and 133x. One hundred pul made an afghani.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: bronze, 22.5 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-942.2, H-78B.

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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