Hyderabad AH 1321(37) 1/16 ashrafi
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This specimen was lot 32114 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, ""INDIA. Hyderabad. 1/16 Ashrafi, AH 1321 (1903). Hyderabad Mint. Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II (under Edward VII as Emperor). NGC MS-67. A lovely Superb Gem example of this diminutive gold denomination, sporting a faint reddish tinge of toning and bright mark-free surfaces." This tiny coin was struck AH 1305, 1314-1315 and 1321. This is the only date marked with a regnal year.
Recorded mintage: 541,900 plus proofs.
Specification: 0.69 g, 0.910 fine gold, this specimen 0.70 g.
Catalog reference: Fr-1156; KM-Y18.
- 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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
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