Hyderabad AH1319/35 1/4 ashrafi

Steve Album Auction 52, lot 720

This specimen was lot 720 in Steve Album Auction 52 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2025), where it sold for $420. The catalog description^[1] noted, "HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV 1/4 ashrafi, Farkhunda Bunyad, AH1319, Choice AU." Hyderabad was one of the few princely states wealthy enough to have an extensive series of gold coins. This rare type is listed in the SCWC for years AH 1301, 1304, 1306, 1309, 1314-1319 only. This one should have regnal year 35 but it is off the flan.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2.79 g, 0.910 fine gold, this specimen 2.8 g.

Catalog reference: KM Y20, Fr-1157.

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 Dustin Wagner, Auction 52, featuring the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection and the Almer H. Orr III Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2025.

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