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[[Image:SB524-33004o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers May 2024 Collector's Choice sale, lot 33004]]
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This specimen was lot 33004 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, May 2024), where it sold for $1,140. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Afghanistan|AFGHANISTAN]]. 8 Grams, SH 1317 (1938). Mohammad Zahir Shah. NGC MS-63. Surpassed in the NGC census by just two examples, this Choice offering presents an olive-yellow hue with immense brilliance." This type was struck SH 1314-1317 and indeed weighs 8 grams. Its face value is uncertain but was probably meant to trade for a sovereign; a accompanying [[Afghanistan SH1317 4 grams|four grams]] likely equaled a half sovereign. The Solar Hegira calendar, used here, starts on the same date as the traditional Hegira calendar but uses solar years rather than lunar years.

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 8 g, 0.900 fine gold, 22 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' Fr-40; KM-934. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* 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.
* <sup>[1]</sup>Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, ''May 2024 World Collectors Choice Online Auction,'' Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Afghanistan SH1315 8 grams|SH 1315 (1936) 8 grams]]
* [[Afghanistan SH1316 5 pul|SH 1316 5 pul]]
* [[Afghanistan SH1316 25 pul|SH 1316 25 pul]]
* [[Afghanistan SH1317 4 grams|SH 1317 4 grams]]
* [[Afghanistan SH1339 8 grams|SH 1339/1960 8 grams]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1938]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2024 Collector's Choice sale]]