Hyderabad AH 1343(14) 1/8 ashrafi
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This specimen was lot 57096 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "INDIA. Hyderabad. 1/8 Ashrafi, AH 1343 Year 14 (1924). Hyderabad Mint. Mir Usman Ali Khan. NGC Unc Details--Cleaned." 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 years 8, 11, 14-15, 24-27, 31 and 37-39. Hyderabad merged with India in 1948 and the local coinage ceased.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.39 g, 0.910 fine gold.
Catalog reference: Fr-1168; KM-Y54.2.
- 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 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.
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