Bengal AH 1204(19) 1/4 rupee

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Stephen Album sale 38, lot 2659

This specimen was lot 2659 in Stephen Album sale 38 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2020), where it sold for $130.90. The catalog description[1] noted, "BENGAL PRESIDENCY: AR ¼ rupee, Murshidabad, AH1204 year 19, East India Company issue in the name of Shah Alam II, struck in Calcutta, oblique edge milling, a lovely toned example! PCGS graded MS63. Incorrect catalog number on PCGS holder." These quarter rupees, half rupees and rupees were struck 1793-1818 at Calcutta and Murshidabad in the name of the Mogul emperor Shah Alam II.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: KM-96.1, St-6.16.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
  • [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 38, featuring the Dabestani Collection of Persian Coins, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.

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