Awadh AH 1268(5) rupee KM-365.3
This specimen was lot 2464 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR rupee, Lucknow, AH1268 year 5, lustrous fields, Unc." This type was struck years 5-10 at Lucknow (shown here) and Muhammadabad Banaras. Wikipedia comments, "Mirza Wajid Ali Shah (Urdu: واجد علی شاه) (1822-87) was the eleventh and last King of Awadh, holding the position for 9 years, from 13 February 1847 to 11 February 1856." He was deposed and his domain annexed by the East India Company. 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 11.12 g.
Catalog reference: KM-365.3.
- 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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