Afghanistan AH 1320 rupee KM-833.1

Stephen Album sale 50, lot 3537

This specimen was lot 3537 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AFGHANISTAN: Habibullah, 1901-1919, AR rupee, AH1320, an attractive lustrous example, PCGS graded MS62, ex Hakim Hamidi Collection." Milled coinage was introduced to Afghanistan during the reign of Abdur Rahman (1880-1901). This type was struck AH 1319, 1320 and 1325. Each die was handmade, so many varieties exist.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 9.20 g, 0.900 fine silver.

Catalog reference: KM-833.1, H-14E.

Source:

• 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 1319 half rupee
• AH 1319 rupee, star over toughra
• AH 1319 rupee, legend over toughra
• AH 1319 tilla
• AH 1320 rupee, date below the toughra, denomination below the mosque
• AH 1320 rupee, star above toughra
• AH 1320 tilla
• AH 1321 half rupee
• AH 1321 rupee, toughra on obverse
• AH 1321 rupee, legend obverse
• Coins and currency dated 1902