Hyderabad AH1349/20 ashrafi
This specimen was lot 31048 in Heritage sale 3049 (Long Beach, September 2016), where it sold for $1,762.50. The catalog description[1] noted, "Hyderabad. Mir Usman Ali Khan II gold Ashrafi AH 1349/20 (1930) MS64 NGC, Hyderabad mint. Nearly Gem, with rich, golden surfaces that support a well-executed strike and fields that are without any noteworthy marks. Conditionally scarce at this level and finer. From the Commander Collection." 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, struck for Mir Usman Ali Khan (AH 1329-1367 or 1911-48 A.D.), is listed for AH1331-1362 but is still expensive.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 11.18 g, .910 fine gold.
Catalog reference: KM Y57a, Fr-1165.
- 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]Cristiano Bierrenbach, Warren Tucker and David Michaels, Heritage World Coin Auction 3049, featuring the Ohio Valley Collection, the Redwood Collection and the F.P. Briand Collection, Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries, 2016.
Link to:
- AH 1348/19 ashrafi
- AH 1353(23) ashrafi
- Coins and currency dated 1930
- return to coins of India, Hyderabad.