Awadh AH 1253(1) rupee KM-315
This specimen was lot 2739 in Stephen Album sale 37 (Santa Rosa, CA, June 2020), where it sold for $226.10. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Muhammad Ali Shah, 1837-1842, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1253 year 1, mint name variety A111, very rare one-year type, EF, RR, ex William F. Spengler Collection, KM Plate Specimen." Wikipedia comments, "Nasser-ud-daula Mu'in ad-Din Muhammad Ali Shah (1774 – May 7, 1842), was the third King of Oudh from 7 July 1837 to 7 May 1842." His predecessor, 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.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.14 g.
Catalog reference: KM-315.
- 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 37, featuring the Gamal Amer Collection of Egyptian Coins and the Ahmed Sultan Collection of Ottoman Coins, Part II, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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