Hyderabad AH1302 1/16 ashrafi

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Stephen Album sale 43, lot 884

This specimen was lot 884 in Stephen Album sale 43 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1868-1911, AV 1/16 ashrafi, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1302x, a superb mint state example of this rare type! PCGS graded MS65." The Indian princely state of Hyderabad was one of the few large enough and wealthy enough to mint an extensive series of gold coins. This type was struck AH 1305, 1314, 1315 and 1321 along with a one-eighth ashrafi (KM Y19).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 0.69 g, 0.910 fine gold, this specimen 0.75 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y-18 but an unlisted date.

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, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 43, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2022.

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