Awadh (AH 1238)/4 1/4 rupee
This specimen was lot 2631 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Ghazi-ud-Din Haidar, 1819-1827, AR 1/4 rupee, Lucknow, AH12(38) year 4, struck from the dies provided for the larger denominations, NGC graded AU55, RR." This type was struck years 2, 4, 6, 8 and most lack AH dates. Ghazi ud-Din Haidar promoted himself from nawab to king with British connivance, setting aside the nominal suzerainty of the Mogul emperor. Later, a succession dispute resulted in British intervention and overlordship. Resentment of this and other acts led to the Indian Mutiny of 1857, which was centered at Awadh's capital Lucknow.
Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.
Specification: 2.68-2.90 g, silver, 15-17 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-161.
- Album, Stephen, Checklist of Islamic Coins, 3rd Ed. Santa Rosa, Stephen Album Rare Coins, 2011.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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