Awadh AH 1271(9) 1/8 rupee
The first specimen was lot 667 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $720. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR 1/8 rupee, Lucknow, AH1271 year 9, NGC graded AU55, R." The second specimen was lot 2633 in the same sale, where it sold for $108. The catalog description[1] noted, "AWADH: Wajid Ali Shah, 1847-1856, AR 1/8 rupee Lucknow, AH1271 year 9, Fine." This product of the Lucknow mint is listed for AH 1264-1268. In 1818, 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 in 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.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 1.34-1.45 g, silver. The second specimen is 1.38 g.
Catalog reference: KM-357.2.
- 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.
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