Hejaz AH-1334(9) 20 piastres
This specimen was lot 997 in Stephen Album sale 27 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2017), where it sold for $940. The catalog description[1] noted, "HEJAZ: al-Husayn b. 'Ali, 1916-1924, AR 20 ghirsh, Makka al-Mukarrama (Mecca), AH1334 year 9. Lightly cleaned, About Unc. Year 9 is much rarer than year 8, especially for early strikes, such as this piece, before the use of worn dies." This type was struck for the Kingdom of Hejaz, now the western part of Saudi Arabia, in the early 1920's. The coinage of Hejaz was initially comprised of countermarked coins from Turkey and Maria Teresa Thalers, with later regular issues until Hejaz was eventually assimiliated into Saudi Arabia.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 24.10 g, 0.917 fine silver, 37 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-30.
- 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 27, featuring the Dr. Paul Stevens Collection of Indian Coins, Part VI, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2016.
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