Hyderabad AH 1307 1/8 ashrafi
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This specimen was lot 676 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $450. The catalog description[1] noted, "HYDERABAD: Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, 1869-1911, AV 1/8 mohur, Farkhanda Bunyad, AH1307, VF-XF." 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 intermittently AH 1293, 1302, 1306, 1309, 1313, 1316-1321 and is likely scarcer than the catalog value indicates.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specifications: 1.39 g, 0.910 fine gold, this specimen 1.34 g.
Catalog reference: KM Y19.
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- 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 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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