Awadh AH 1255(3) rupee KM-316.1
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This specimen was lot 2457 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $510. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Muhammad Ali Shah, 1837-1842, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1255 year 3, lovely strike on broad flan, choice XF, ex Dr. Axel Wahlstedt Collection." This type was struck years 1-3 and is common. Wikipedia comments, "Nasser-ud-daula Mu'in ad-Din Muhammad Ali Shah (1774-1842), was the ninth Nawab or King of Oudh from 7 July 1837 until his death on 7 May 1842."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 10.7-11.6 g, silver, this specimen 11.19 g.
Catalog reference: KM-316.1.
- 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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