Saudi Arabia AH 1344 1/2 ghirsh KM-A3

Steve Album sale 13, lot 1490

Courtesy Steve Album

This type was struck for the newly formed kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the mid-1920's. It was a transitional coinage between the older Ottoman style (see Turkey) and what would become the coinage of the United Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This transitional coinage was often struck over older coins of Hejaz. The specimen shown was lot 1490 in Steve Album Auction #13 (May 18, 2012) and did not sell. The catalog descriptions^[1] reads: "HEJAZ & NEJD: Abdul-Aziz bin Saud, as Sultan of Nejd, 1921-1927, AE ½ ghirsh, AH1344 year 2, NGC graded MS-62 Brown."

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: copper or bronze.

Catalog reference: KM-A3.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen. Stephen Album Auction 13, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.

Link to:

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• Return to coins from Hejaz or Saudi Arabia