Afghanistan AH 1320 tilla

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 1452

This specimen was lot 1452 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $540. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AV tilla, NM (struck at Kabul), AH1320, toughra in wreath, date below, country name above // mosque and crossed arms within wreath, UNC, R, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1320 only.

Recorded mintage: unknown but rare.

Specification: 4.6 g, gold, 21 mm diameter, this specimen 4.57 g.

Catalog reference: KM-836.2.

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.
• ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

Links to:

• AH 1316 (1898) tilla
• AH 1319 (1901) tilla
• AH 1335 (1916) tilla
• Coins and currency dated 1902