Bombay (1727)/9 1/5 rupee
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This specimen was lot 2634 in Steve Album Auction 55 (Santa Rosa, CA, May 2026), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "BOMBAY PRESIDENCY: Malabar Coast, AR 1/5 rupee (Munbai), ND year 9, with the word ma'nus replacing the word ghazi above the obverse, inverted "5" in the obverse center (parts off flan on this piece, which was struck as always from much larger dies), polished, bold VF, R." This one fifth rupee was struck in the name of Muhammad Shah, whose regnal year 9 was in AH 1139-1140 (1726-1727 AD).
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 2.32 g, silver, this specimen 2.23 g.
Catalog reference: KM-274, Stv-7.39.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- 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 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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