Severo's weekly random coin (47-03)

Severo

Hello folks!

After a very long pause, I've finally found some spare minutes to resume my weekly coins... Here goes a piece not seen very often, though not too valuable either. I hope you'll find it interesting.

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Reverse


This week's coin

Afghanistan 10 pul 1937
KM#: 939
Composition: copper-nickel
Mintage (thousands): ? (my 2004 catalog does not have it)
This type minted: single year issue
Edge: reeded
Alignment: medal
Diameter: 18 mm
Grade (estimate): XF
Krause value: 1.00
Place and time of acquisition: Local numismatic market, 2003

Your comments are, as always, appreciated.

1jester

Welcome back, Severo!

I like the obverse design, and the reverse is pretty trippy too. Did Afghanistan have many coins? I only have one.

Askari

Indeed, I've never seen one before -- a very attractive design!

Severo

1jester, the 20th century Krause does indeed list a lot of coins for Afghanistan, among which, by the way, there are a quite a number of crude, low-quality issues.

satootoko

That coin is a much higher grade than my bronze 2 pul (KM#936), part of a series of various sizes and metals, sharing an obverse design, with reverses that vary only in denomination number.

Although Krause doesn't say so, I suspect that this series was one of those which were struck without date change for many years, since Muhammad Zahir Shah reigned from 1933-73, but there are no Afghani coins dated 1938-50 listed of any denomination. He was the last ruling Shah before the founding of the Republic in 1973.

The only one of his coins with a mintage figure given in the 30th Ed. is the 1960 "8 grams", a gold coin of which 200 were struck for royal presentation purposes.

theboz11

Nice coin

Severo

Speaking of Afghanistan 2 pul, KM#936... the white spots are the cardboard sawdust, not corrosion.

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Reverse

1jester

Severo, that bronze one is perhaps cooler than the cu-ni one!

NJMark1

Here is a error coin from Afghanistan 25 Pul 1952 KM 945 Struck on KM 949 planchet in 1970

Mark

Severo

1jester -

<< <i>Severo, that bronze one is perhaps cooler than the cu-ni one! >>



I think so, too, but the cupro-nickel one was randomly chosen to be the weekly coin. Satootoko just gave me a good reason to show the bronze one.

NJMark1 - I think I have that type, too, but I believe it was not an error coin. I think it was purposedly minted on a wrong planchet because of the lack of proper dies or planchets at the mint.

Shipcoin

Welcome back , Severo and thanks for interesting coins!