Sudan AH 1304 (year 1) 20 piastres KM-7
The independent states comprising Sudan since the 14th C. were brought together under the Egyptian Pasha Muhammad Ali in 1820-1822. Egyptian domination was broken in 1881 AD during the Mahdi Rebellion and the British quickly stepped in, controlling the Sudanese government until independence was declared in 1956. Early Sudanese coinage shows similarity to both Egyptian and Turkish designs.
The first specimen was lot 1624 in Steve Album auction 13 on May 18-19, 2012, and sold for US$280. The lot description reads: "SUDAN: AR 20 piastres, Omdurman, AH1304 year 1, superb strike, without any weakness whatsoever, Extremely Fine, R." NOTE: Coin appears to be KM-7.1, not KM-7. The second specimen was lot 1701 in Steve Album sale 16 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2013), where it sold for $424.80. The catalog description[1] noted, "SUDAN: Abdullah Ibn Muhammad, 1885-1898, AR 20 piastres (24.46g), Omdurman, AH1304 year 5, KM-7.1, with the numeral '1' above the reverse field, superb strike, choice About Unc, R." The third specimen was lot 1690 in Stephen Album sale 30 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2018), where it sold for $88.13. The catalog description[2] noted, "SUDAN: Abdullah b. Mohammad, 1885-1898, AR 20 piastres, Omdurman, AH1304 year 5, KM-7.1, issue of the Khalifa, NGC graded VF25."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: debased silver / billon.
Catalog reference: KM 7.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen. Stephen Album Rare Coins - Auction 16. Santa Rosa, 2013. Stephen Album Rare Coins.
- [2]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 30, featuring the George Anderson Collection of Tibetan Coins, the Dr. John W. Lund Collection of Swedish Coins and the Mike Edwards Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2018.
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