Afghanistan SH1352 5 afghanis

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1492

This specimen was lot 1492 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $96. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Republic, 5 afghanis, 1973/SH1352, British Royal Mint issue, a fantastic example, PCGS graded MS66." 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. This example realized 38 times the catalog value.

Recorded mintage: 34,750,000.

Specification: copper-nickel plated steel.

Catalog reference: KM-977.

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.

Links to:

• SH 1331 (1952) 25 pul, bronze
• SH 1331 (1952) 25 pul, copper-nickel
• SH 1336 (1957) 10 afghanis
• SH 1339 (1960) 4 grams
• SH 1339 (1960) 8 grams
• SH 1340 afghani
• SH 1340 2 afghanis
• SH 1352 50 pul
• Coins and currency dated 1973