Awadh AH 1233(26) rupee

Steve Album sale 51, lot 2630

This specimen was lot 2630 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "AWADH: Sa'adat Ali Khan II, 1798-1814, AR rupee, Muhammadabad Benares, AH1233 frozen year 26, in the name of Shah Alam II, with fish, star and flag symbols; fabulous example, probably the finest we have seen! NGC graded MS64." This type was struck AH 1201-1234, all with regnal date 26, referring to the distant and powerless Mughal emperor Shah Alam II. The actual ruler was Ghazi ud-Din Haidar, nawab wazir of Awadh 1814-18 and king 1818-27.

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, 22.9-23.0 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-103.2.

Sources:

• 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.

Links:

• AH 1232(26) (1816) rupee, Shah Alam II
• Awadh AH 1234(5) mohur Fr-1009
• Awadh AH 1234(26) mohur Fr-1005
• AH 1235(1) (1819) rupee, Ghazi ud-Din Haidar
• Coins and currency dated 1818