Bengal (1816)/45 pice KM-64
This specimen was lot 729 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AE pice, [Farrukhabad], year 45, in the name of Shah Alam II // value in Hindi, Persian, & Bengali; strike error, about 10% off-center and an extremely rare type in any grade, VF, RRR." This type was struck with a frozen date. While the Mughal Empire lasted, the British in Bengal were careful to strike coinage in the emperor's name. The inscriptions are in Arabic on the obverse and Bengali and Hindi on the reverse. The date should read "۴۵".
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 6.48 g, copper, 24.5 mm diameter, this specimen 6.46 g.
Catalog reference: Stv-8.120, Prid-335A. KM-64.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- Stevens, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company, Presidency Series: A Catalogue and Pricelist. London, Spink & Son Ltd, 2017.
- [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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