LatinKing2020: Created page with "Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 49317 thumb This specimen was lot 49317 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sa..."

2026-02-06T19:13:28Z

Created page with "300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 49317 300px|thumb This specimen was lot 49317 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sa..."

New page

[[Image:SB126-49317o.jpg|300px|thumb|Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 49317]]
[[Image:SB126-49317r.jpg|300px|thumb]]

This specimen was lot 49317 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2026), where it sold for $216. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "RUSSIA. Khanate of Khiva. 2-1/2 Tenga, AH 1337 (1918/9). Sayyid Abdullah. PCGS EF-45. Full Sun variety. From the Yakov Averbuch Collection." Khiva had been a semi-independent khanate in tsarist times which seized its opportunity to declare a short-lived independence during the Russian Civil War. This type was struck AH 1337 along with one and [[Khiva AH 1337 5 tenga KM-Y10.2|five tenga]]. Hand cut dies were used, so many varieties exist. Sayyid Abdullah was the last khan of Khiva and was a puppet of the local warlord. He abdicated when the Bolsheviks arrived in 1920 and ended his days as a night watchman in a Ukrainian coal mine. The town is now in [[Uzbekistan]].

''Recorded mintage:'' unknown.

''Specification:'' 5.9 g, brass or bronze, 18-20 mm diameter.

''Catalog reference:'' KM-Y9.2.

''[[Bibliography|Sources:]]''
* 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, ''January 2026 NYINC Showcase Auction, Ancient and World Coins, featuring the Kazmier Wysocki Collection'', Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

''Link to:''
* [[Khiva AH 1337 5 tenga KM-Y10.2]]
* [[Khiva AH 1339 25 rubles]]
* [[Khiva AH 1340 500 rubles]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1919]]

[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale]]

Khiva AH 1337 2-1/2 tenga - Revision history

LatinKing2020: Created page with "Stack's Bowers 2026 NYINC sale, lot 49317 thumb This specimen was lot 49317 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sa..."