Awadh AH 1243(1) rupee
This specimen was lot 2516 in Stephen Album sale 50 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2024), where it did not sell. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Nasir ud-Din Haidar, 1827-1837, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1243 year one (ahad), lovely strike, choice VF to XF, ex Ian Todd Collection." Ghazi ud-Din Haidar promoted himself from nawab to king with British connivance, setting aside the nominal suzerainty of the Mogul emperor. Nasir-ud-Din Haidar was king 1827-37. His death caused a succession dispute which 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. This type was struck AH 1243-1245.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, this specimen 11.08 g.
Catalog reference: KM-186.
- 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 50, featuring selections from the Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection, the Hakim Hamidi Collection, the Almer H. Orr III Collection and the Solar Collection, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.
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