Very scarce silver issue of Afghanistan from AH 1334 (1916), the rupee, in .500 fine silver.
Not a common coin especially in problem free condition. This was in my collection until I obtained the MS64 example
Habibullah was a relatively reform-minded ruler who
attempted to modernize his country. During his reign he worked to bring modern
medicine and other technology to Afghanistan. Many people who were forced into
exile by his father were returned to Afghanistan by a general amnesty decreed
by Habibullah. In 1903, Habibullah founded the Habibia school as well as a
military academy. He also worked to put in place progressive reforms in his
country. He instituted various legal reforms and repealed many of the harshest
criminal penalties. One of his chief advisers, Abdul Lateef was sentenced to
death in 1903 for apostasy, being stoned to death in Kabul. Other reforms
included the dismantling of the internal intelligence organization that had
been put in place by his father. Qala-e-Seraj in Mihtarlam was built by the
Amir c. 1912–13 to spend his winters