Awadh AH 1229(26) rupee
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This specimen was lot 2466 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $228. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Brijit Qadr, 1857-1858, AR rupee, Suba Awadh, AH"1229" year "26", with 2 small pellets below din on obverse, bold XF." This type was struck with the frozen date AH 1229/26, referring to the deceased Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The current ruler was Birjis Qadr, then about twelve years old and under the regency of his mother, Begum Hazrat Mahal. Forced into exile during the Mutiny, he died in Calcutta in 1893, aged 47.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.18 g.
Catalog reference: KM-386.
- 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 Hanbing Feng, Auction 55, featuring Selections from the Swamperbob Gurney Collection of Cap & Ray 8 Reales, the Kenneth A. Bovenkamp Collection of Ottoman Coins and the 1914 Collection of World Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2026.
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